Russia’s coronavirus cases pass 520,000
FILE PHOTO: Medical specialists wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) walk outside outside the I.I. Dzhanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Medicine amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Saint Petersburg, Russia June 8, 2020. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Saturday reported 8,706 new coronavirus cases, bringing its cumulative infection tally to 520,129.
The authorities said 114 people had died of the virus in the last 24 hours, raising the official national death toll to 6,829.
Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; Writing by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; editing by John Stonestreet
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