Russia Surpasses 7 Million COVID-19 Cases
In Russia, Covid-19 cases have exceeded 7 million, and the death toll is at 187,200.
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A woman receives a dose of the coronavirus vaccine in Moscow (AFP)
Covid-19 cases in Russia hit 7 million on Sunday, after reporting 18,645 new infections in the past 24 hours and 793 more deaths.
These figures took the total number of cases to 7,012,599, with the overall death toll at 187,200.
In the meantime, Russia's state statistics service Rosstat keeps a separate count and said in August that 365,000 people died from COVID-19 or related causes between April last year and last July.
The number of excess deaths, which some epidemiologists say is the best way to measure the death toll during a pandemic, reached 528,000 in July, Rosstat data showed.
