Moscow [Russia], September 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Moscow's COVID-19 death toll has risen by 15 over the past day to 5,115, the Russian capital's coronavirus response centre said in a statement on Wednesday.

"Another 15 patients, who were diagnosed with pneumonia and tested positive for the coronavirus infection, died in Moscow," the centre said.

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On Monday, the single-day increase to the death toll was 16. (ANI/Sputnik)

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