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COVID-19: Russia's new cases above 6,000 for second day in a row

Of the newly detected cases, 860 were confirmed in Moscow

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A woman wearing a face mask to protect against coronavirus walk past a Soviet era bas-relief in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, May 21, 2020.
A woman wearing a face mask to protect against coronavirus walk past a Soviet era bas-relief in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, May 21, 2020.
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Moscow: Russia reported 6,148 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, the second straight day when the daily number of cases exceeded 6,000, taking the national tally of infections to 1,103,399.

The country’s coronavirus crisis centre said 79 people had died of the disease in the last 24 hours, bringing the Russian death toll to 19,418.

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