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Russia reports 8,419 new COVID-19 cases, 334 deaths

FILE PHOTO: The outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in
FILE PHOTO: The outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Moscow

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia reported 8,419 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours on Sunday, taking the national tally to 4,880,262.

The government coronavirus task force said 334 people had died in the last day, taking the national death toll to 113,326.

The federal statistics agency has kept a separate count and has said Russia recorded around 250,000 deaths related to COVID-19 between April 2020 and March 2021.

(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; Writing by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; Editing by Toby Chopra)