Russia reports more than 5,200 new coronavirus cases

MOSCOW, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Russian authorities reported 5,267 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, pushing its national tally to 871,894, the fourth largest in the world.

The official death toll rose to 14,606 after officials said 116 people had died across the country in the last 24 hours. (Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Maria Kiselyova)

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