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Russia's coronavirus cases jump to more than 3,500 in record daily rise

FILE PHOTO: High noon in a coronavirus-stricken world

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's coronavirus case tally jumped to 3,548 on Thursday, a record daily increase of 771, Russia's crisis response centre said.

Cases have been recorded in 76 of Russia's more than 80 regions, but Moscow remains the epicentre of the outbreak with 595 cases, the centre said. Thirty people have died across the country, it said.

(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Toby Chopra)