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Russia reports 29,018 new COVID-19 cases, 563 deaths

FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians walk past social distancing signs placed near
FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians walk past social distancing signs placed near a skating rink amid the coronavirus disease outbreak in Stavropol

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Friday reported 29,018 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, including 7,315 in Moscow, taking the national total to 2,992,706 since the pandemic began.

Authorities said 563 had died in the last 24 hours, pushing the official death toll to 53,659.

(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; Writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)