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Russia reports new record high of daily COVID-19 cases
MOSCOW, Nov. 23, 2020 (BSS/Xinhua) – Russia registered 25,173 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, a new all-time high, as the pandemic worsened in the cold season, the country’s COVID-19 response center said Monday.
The national tally of cases has grown to 2,114,502, including 36,540 deaths and 1,611,445 recoveries, the center said in a statement.
Moscow, the country’s worst-hit region, reported 6,866 new cases over the past day, bringing the city’s total to 560,579.
So far, more than 72.9 million tests have been conducted in the country.
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