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May 7, 2020

Russia reaches new virus milestone as cases top 165,000

MOSCOW: Russia recorded more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases for the fourth day in a row on Wednesday, surpassing Germany to become the country with the sixth-highest number of confirmed infections.Russia has emerged as a new hotspot for the virus and in recent days has been recording the highest number of new infections in Europe.Health officials on Wednesday reported 10,559 new cases over the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 165,929, with 1,537 deaths.The...