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Russia reports record 28,145 new coronavirus cases, 554 deaths

FILE PHOTO: Paramedics pull a stretcher out of an ambulance
FILE PHOTO: Paramedics pull a stretcher out of an ambulance while transporting a patient amid the coronavirus disease outbreak in Omsk

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia confirmed a record 28,145 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, including 7,750 in Moscow, taking the national total to 2,375,546.

Authorities also reported 554 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the official death toll to 41,607 since the pandemic began.

(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by John Stonestreet)