Ukraine reports record daily high coronavirus-related deaths

FILE PHOTO: Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) walk outside the infectious disease ward at the Oleksandrivska Clinical Hospital, where Olena Zelenska, the wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, is presumably being treated after contracting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kyiv, Ukraine June 16, 2020. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

KYIV (Reuters) - The number of daily coronavirus deaths in Ukraine jumped to 113 from the previous record of 109 deaths registered last week, the national security council said on Tuesday.

The council said a total of 309,107 cases had been registered in Ukraine as of Oct. 20, with 5,786 deaths and 129,533 people recovered.