Russia reports 8,271 new COVID-19 cases, 399 deaths

Russia reported 8,271 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, including 1,988 in Moscow, taking the official national tally since the pandemic began to 4,727,125.

The government coronavirus task force said 399 people had died of the virus in the past 24 hours, pushing the overall death toll to 106,706.

The federal statistics agency has kept a separate count and has reported a much higher toll of more than 225,000 from April 2020 to February.

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