MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia reported 4,711 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, bringing its nationwide tally to 975,576, the fourth largest caseload in the world.

Russia’s coronavirus taskforce said 121 people had died over the last 24 hours, pushing its official death toll to 16,804.

(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; Writing by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; Editing by Maria Kiselyova)

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