Russia’s coronavirus case tally passes 600,000

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Wednesday reported 7,176 new cases of the novel coronavirus, pushing its nationwide case total to 606,881, the world’s third highest tally.

The country’s coronavirus crisis response centre said 154 people had died in the past 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 8,513.

(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; Writing by Alexander Marrow; Editing by Maria Kiselyova)