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Russia's coronavirus caseload has surpassed 3,00,000 on Wednesday, with the death toll almost reaching 3,000. The country's health officials reported 8,764 new infections on Wednesday and 135 new deaths - the highest daily spike in mortality. However, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin sounded optimistic during the latest government council meeting.

Hyderabad:The coronavirus pandemic has infected more than 50,85,504 and killed over 3,29,731 people across the world. More than 20,21,666 people have recovered so far.

The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.

Highlighting its continuing peril around the world even as its spread slows in some areas of Asia and Europe and lockdown restrictions are eased, coronavirus has infected 106,000 people in the last 24 hours - the largest number of cases since its outbreak, the WHO said on Wednesday.

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Revealing the alarming numbers at his daily briefing, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that two-thirds of those cases came from just four countries, the BBC reported.

The US currently has the most cases, with 1.5mn, followed by Russia, Brazil and the UK.

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