Ukraine coronavirus cases exceed 60,000, 1,518 deaths reported

FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective face masks amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) walk out of a metro station in Kyiv, Ukraine July 15, 2020. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

KYIV (Reuters) - The total number of coronavirus cases in Ukraine has reached 60,166 and 1,518 people died as of July 21, Ukrainian health minister Maksym Stepanov said on Tuesday.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said last week Ukrainians were fed up with the coronavirus lockdown and the government should be cautious about extending it.

(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Editing by Andrew Heavens)