Ukraine reports record daily coronavirus-related deaths


  • World
  • Wednesday, 28 Oct 2020

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 165 from the previous record of 141 fatalities registered on Oct. 21, the national security council said on Wednesday.

The council said 7,474 new coronavirus cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number to 363,075 cases with 6,755 deaths.

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