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Health

Russia's daily coronavirus cases hit record high of 16,319

FILE PHOTO: Medical workers transport a patient inside the City Clinical Hospital Number 52, where patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are treated, in Moscow, Russia October 8, 2020. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Russia recorded a record high 16,319 new cases of coronavirus on Tuesday, including 4,999 in the capital Moscow, to take the national total to 1,431,635.

Authorities reported 269 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking Russia's official death toll to 24,635.

(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; writing by Alexander Marrow; editing by Jason Neely)

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