Russia confirmed 11,198 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, the lowest daily increase since Oct. 8, the country's COVID-19 response center said Thursday.

The national tally has therefore increased to 4,212,100, with 84,876 deaths and 3,767,664 recoveries, the center said.

The capital city of Moscow recorded 1,406 new coronavirus cases over the previous day, with the overall infection count in the city now reaching 973,578.

At press time, Russia still ranked fourth in the world and the first in Europe for its cumulative coronavirus case count, according to a running tally by Johns Hopkins University.

To date, more than 110 million tests have been conducted across Russia.