Russia reports 8,217 new COVID-19 cases, 355 deaths

Russia reported 8,217 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, including 2,718 in Moscow, taking the national infection tally to 4,905,059.

The government coronavirus taskforce said that 355 people had died of coronavirus-linked causes, taking its death toll to 114,331. The state statistics agency, which keeps a separate tally, said it had recorded around 250,000 deaths related to COVID-19 between April 2020 and March 2021.

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