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Russia Admits COVID-19 Death Toll More Than Three Times Higher Than Reported

HeadlineDec 29, 2020

Russian officials admitted Monday their nation’s COVID-19 death toll is more than three times worse than previously reported, saying more than 186,000 people have died of the disease. The new figure puts Russia’s death toll at the third highest in the world, after the United States and Brazil.

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