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The Hill: Russia surpasses 1 million coronavirus cases

Published Sept. 1, 2020. Updated Sept. 1 at 4:29 pm

(FILES) This file handout picture taken on August 6, 2020 and provided by the Russian Direct Investment Fund shows the vaccine against the COVID-19 coronavirus disease, developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology.

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Russia reported 4,729 new cases of the coronavirus Sept. 1, surpassing one million cases overall.

The new figure gives Russia the fourth-highest caseload of any country, after the U.S., Brazil and India. More than 17,000 Russians have died of the virus thus far, while officials say more than 815,000 have recovered.