FILE PHOTO: People rest on an embankment as cruise vessels sail near the Kremlin during an annual parade marking the start of navigation on the Moskva River following the easing of lockdown measures, which were imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Moscow, Russia June 23, 2020. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
Russia on Wednesday reported 6,556 new cases of the novel coronavirus, taking its nationwide tally to 654,405.
The country's coronavirus response centre said 216 people had died of the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 9,536.
(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov, writing by Vladimir Soldatkin; Editing by Gareth Jones)
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