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Health

Russia reports close to 6,000 new coronavirus cases

FILE PHOTO: A medical specialist wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) sits inside an ambulance at the territory of Aleksandrovskaya hospital, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Saint Petersburg, Russia June 5, 2020. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov

Russia reported 5,862 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, pushing its total infection tally to 789,190, the fourth largest in the world.

The country's coronavirus crisis response centre said 165 people had died in the last 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 12,745.

(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; Writing by Alexander Marrow; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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