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Russia’s current coronavirus restrictions are not enough to successfully beat back its highest numbers of daily cases and deaths since the pandemic began, according to officials. The country’s state coronavirus task force on Wednesday reported 40,443 new confirmed cases and 1,189 COVID deaths, a record, since the day prior, The Associated Press reports. The former marks the fifth time in the past week that Russia has recorded over 40,000 cases. With not even 35% of the population fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Russia’s current virus situation is exacerbated by the government’s reluctance to enact stricter anti-virus measures. The public, similarly, has...

The United States is sleepwalking into what could become the largest coronavirus outbreak of the pandemic so far. In the past week alone, as voters prepare to go to the ballot box, about one in every 1,000 Americans has tested positive for the virus, and about two in every 100,000 Americans have died of it. Today, the United States reported 73,103 new cases, the third-highest single-day total since the pandemic began, according to the COVID Tracking Project at The Atlantic.