Ukraine's new daily coronavirus cases exceed 5,000


  • World
  • Thursday, 08 Oct 2020

FILE PHOTO: A passenger wearing a protective face mask is seen in a bus amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in central Kyiv, Ukraine September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine registered a record 5,397 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the national security council said on Thursday, up from a previous record of 4,753 new cases reported on Wednesday.

The council said a total of 244,734 cases had been registered in Ukraine as of Oct. 8, with 4,690 deaths, including 93 in the past 24 hours.

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