Russia reports 34,819 new COVID cases, 561 deaths MOSCOW, 17th March, 2022 – Russia’s COVID-19 case tally rose by 34,819 over the past day to 17,484,257, the anti-coronavirus crisis centre said on Thursday. TASS news agency has reported that Russia’s coronavirus death toll surged by 561 over the past day to 363,039. The recoveries rose by 112,614 over the past day, reaching 15,934,645.