Russia reports nearly 28,000 coronavirus cases after new record daily rise

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia reported 3,448 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, up from 3,388 the day earlier.

The overall number of cases reached 27,938.

Thirty-four people died in the last 24 hours, which took the national coronavirus death toll to 232, the Russian coronavirus crisis response centre said.

(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; Writing by Maria Tsvetkova; Editing by Alison Williams)