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Russia Passes 1 Million Covid-19 Cases as Schools Reopen
- Schools opened Tuesday, raising fears a new spike could come
- Several countries in Europe are facing second wave of epidemic
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Russia became the fourth country to pass 1 million confirmed cases of Covid-19, joining the U.S., India and Brazil, on the day schools across the country reopened for the new academic year.
The government’s virus response center reported 4,729 new coronavirus infections Tuesday, bringing the total to 1,000,048. The number of new daily cases has gradually declined from a peak of more than 11,000 in May.