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Russia’s daily COVID-19 deaths close to record high – Metro US

Russia’s daily COVID-19 deaths close to record high

A medical specialist tends to a COVID-19 patient at a
A medical specialist tends to a COVID-19 patient at a hospital in Kalach-on-Don

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Monday reported 1,211 deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, close to an all-time high of 1,241 reported last week, as well as 38,420 new coronavirus cases.

Most of Russia’s 80-plus regions lifted a week-long workplace shutdown at the beginning of last week that was designed to curb a surge in case numbers.

(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; writing by Olzhas Auyezov; editing by Tom Balmforth)