Russia reports 23,962 new COVID-19 cases, 725 deaths
MOSCOW, July 7 (Reuters) - Russia reported 23,962 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, including 5,621 in Moscow, taking the official national tally since the pandemic began to 5,682,634.
The government coronavirus task force said 725 people had died of coronavirus-linked causes in the past 24 hours, pushing the national death toll to 140,041.
The federal statistics agency has kept a separate count and has said Russia recorded around 270,000 deaths related to COVID-19 from April 2020 to April 2021. (Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; Writing by Alexander Marrow; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
