Workbook Read Range vs. Excel Application Scope Read Range

I think it might be related to this comment:

We are already tracking both this and the linked above topic in our internal bug tracker, but i cannot offer any timeline as to the fix.

Having said that, I tested it for myself with your Excel file and for me the workbook Read Range activity reads it correctly, because this is my output:
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The Excel package is 2.9.3 as well, which makes it super strange.