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Russia’s daily COVID cases hit record high for sixth day running – Metro US

Russia’s daily COVID cases hit record high for sixth day running

FILE PHOTO: Vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Moscow’s
FILE PHOTO: Vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia reported a record daily number of COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as the Omicron variant of the virus spreads, authorities said.

New daily cases jumped to 74,692, up from from 67,809 a day earlier. The government coronavirus task force also reported 657 deaths in the last 24 hours.

(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; Writing by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)