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Russia reports new record daily COVID death toll

​Record death toll
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​Record death toll
Russia has reported a record daily death toll from COVID-19. It's the fifth time in a week that deaths have hit a new high in the country.
​890 deaths
AP
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​890 deaths
The national coronavirus task force said Sunday that 890 deaths were recorded over the past day.
​Second highest
AFP
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​Second highest
This exceeds the 887 reported on Friday. The task force also said the number of new infections in the past day was the second-highest of the year at 25,769.
​No plans of lockdown
New York Times
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​No plans of lockdown
But officials say there are no plans to impose a lockdown. Mask-wearing regulations are in place but loosely enforced.
​Stats so far
AFP
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​Stats so far
The country of 145 million has recorded about 7.5 million infection cases and nearly 210,000 deaths during the pandemic.
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