Russia reports 8,998 new COVID-19 cases, 427 deaths
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- Reuters
- Published Date: 11:55 | 17 March 2021
- Modified Date: 11:55 | 17 March 2021
Russia on Wednesday reported 8,998 new COVID-19 cases, including 1,201 in Moscow, pushing the national infection tally to 4,418,436 since the pandemic began.
The government coronavirus task force also said that 427 people had died in the last 24 hours, taking Russia's death toll to 93,364.
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