Russia’s new coronavirus cases goes past 440,000

By Amwal Al Ghad English On Jun 4, 2020

coronavirus in Russia — Tourists wear protective face masks as they walk in Red Square near the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. (Photo Credit: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg)

Russia reported 8,831 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, taking the total number of infections across the country to 441,108.

The country’s coronavirus crisis response centre said 169 people had died from the virus in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 5,384.

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