Russia’s coronavirus case tally approaches 600,000

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Tuesday reported 7,425 new cases of the novel coronavirus, pushing its nationwide case total to 599,705, the world’s third highest tally.

The country’s coronavirus crisis response centre said 153 people had died in the past 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 8,359.

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(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; Writing by Alexander Marrow; Editing by Alex Richardson)