MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Wednesday reported 8,404 new cases of the coronavirus, taking the nationwide tally of infections to 493,657.
The country’s coronavirus crisis response centre said 216 people had died from the virus in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall death toll to 6,358.
(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; Writing by Alexander Marrow; Editing by Alison Williams)