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Russia COVID-19 deaths hit new record anew

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="People visit a COVID-19 rapid testing center located at a metro station amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Moscow, Russia November 9, 2021. Tatyana Makeyeva, Reuters " src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/reuters/11/10/coronavirus-russia-moscow.jpg"/><figcaption>People visit a COVID-19 rapid testing center located at a metro station amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Moscow, Russia November 9, 2021. Tatyana Makeyeva, Reuters</figcaption></figure></div>MOSCOW - Russia on Wednesday reported a record 1,239 deaths from COVID-19 in the previous 24 hours, just days after most of its regions emerged from a week-long workplace shutdown designed to curb the spread of the virus.The government coronavirus task force also reported 38,058 new COVID-19 cases, including 3,927 in Moscow, in the past 24 hours.Health minister Mikhail Murashko told parliament on Wednesday that oxygen reserves at hospitals in 12 of Russia&#x27;s regions would last for two days or less, unless they were replenished.At the same time, he said, some regions were already reporting a decline in infections and the vaccination campaign was bearing fruit as only 3-4% of inoculated Russians have been infected.More than 62 million Russians have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, Murashko said. (Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov and Anton Zverev; Writing by Olzhas Auyezov; Editing by Maria Kiselyova and Mark Trevelyan)

Russia on Wednesday reported a record 1,239 deaths from COVID-19 in the previous 24 hours.