Ukraine records 475 confirmed coronavirus cases

Some 475 laboratory-confirmed cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus infection were recorded in Ukraine as of 22:00 on Sunday, March 29, the Public Health Center of the Ukrainian Health Ministry has reported on Facebook.

"The results of tests conducted by the Virology Reference Laboratory of the Public Health Center of Ukraine and regional laboratory centers confirmed 475 COVID-19 cases. In total, ten fatal cases from COVID-19 have been recorded in Ukraine. In all, six people have already recovered – a repeated laboratory test showed no virus in the body," the report reads.

The Public Health Center also added that it had received 2,264 suspected cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the year.

Some 710,987 patients with the novel coronavirus were recorded worldwide on March 29. Some 33,557 people have died of the infection since the beginning of the pandemic, and 150,778 have recovered.

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