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Russia’s COVID-19 cases up 5,195 to 1,025,505
MOSCOW, Sept 6, 2020 (BSS/XINHUA) – Russia registered 5,195 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its caseload to 1,025,505, the country’s COVID-19 response center said in a statement Sunday.
Meanwhile, 61 new deaths were reported, taking the death toll to 17,820.
Moscow, the country’s worst-hit region, reported 620 new cases, bringing its tally of infections to 266,357, the center said.
According to the statement, 840,949 patients have recovered so far, including 2,823 over the past day.
As of Wednesday, 209,155 people were still under medical observation, while over 38.4 million tests have been conducted across the country.
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