Russia registers nearly 5,000 new coronavirus cases

A student has his temperature checked on the first day of the new school year, as schools reopen after the summer break and the lockdown due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Moscow, Russia September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

Russia reported 4,995 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, bringing its national tally to 1,009,995, the fourth largest in the world.

Russia's coronavirus taskforce said 114 people had died over the last 24 hours, pushing the official death toll to 17,528.

Relatives watch from behind a fence as first graders attend a ceremony marking the start of the new school year, as schools reopen after the summer break and the lockdown due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Moscow, Russia September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; Writing by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; Editing by Tom Balmforth)