Another anti-record for the entire period of the epidemic - 828 new COVID-19 cases - was recorded in Ukraine in the morning of June 18. This is said in the report of the Ministry of Health.
This is the third anti-record in recent days.
"829 people fell ill over the past day, of which 61 children and 66 health workers. This is a new anti-record set in Ukraine", - Minister of Health Maksym Stepanov reported at a briefing in Kyiv today.
According to him, 23 deaths from COVID-19 were recorded over the past day.
"In total, 34 063 people fell ill during the pandemic, including 2506 children and 5716 health workers. 15 447 people recovered and 966 died", - Maksym Stepanov said.
The Minister noted that 21 204 tests on COVID-19 were carried out by PCR over the past day.