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Russia’s COVID-19 case tally passes 4.5 million mark – Metro US

Russia’s COVID-19 case tally passes 4.5 million mark

FILE PHOTO: Hospital for COVID-19 patients in Vologda
FILE PHOTO: Hospital for COVID-19 patients in Vologda

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s COVID-19 case total reached 4,501,859 on Friday after authorities reported 9,167 new infections nationwide in the last 24 hours, including 1,813 in Moscow.

The government coronavirus taskforce also said that 405 people had died in the last 24 hours, pushing its death toll to 97,017.

(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Maria Kiselyova)