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Russia COVID-19 cases up 5,488 to 1,057,362

Published : 12 Sep 2020, 23:28

  DF News Desk
A medical worker wearing protective gear wheels a person, suspected of contracting the coronavirus, into a hospital in Kommunarka, outside Moscow, Russia, on Sept. 1, 2020. File Photo Xinhua.

Russia registered 5,488 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its total to 1,057,362, the country's COVID-19 response center said in a statement Saturday, reported Xinhua.

Meanwhile, 119 new deaths were reported, taking the death toll to 18,484.

Moscow, the country's worst-hit region, reported 670 new cases, bringing its tally of infections to 270,447, the center said.

According to the statement, 873,535 patients have recovered so far, including 5,428 over the past day.

As of Saturday, over 40.2 million tests have been conducted across the country.