MOSCOW, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Russia reported a record daily number of COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as the Omicron variant of the virus spreads, authorities said.
New daily cases jumped to 74,692, up from from 67,809 a day earlier. The government coronavirus task force also reported 657 deaths in the last 24 hours. (Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; Writing by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
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