Almost 97,000 people in Ukraine contracted COVID-19 last week - Stepanov

Almost 97,000 people in Ukraine tested positive for COVID-19 last week, which is 7,000 more than the week before, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov has said.

“Last week, 96,936 new coronavirus cases were confirmed, which is almost 7,000 more than the week before, when 90,000 were recorded. Some 11,606 people were hospitalized, which is 1,000 hospitalizations more than the week before, when 10,597 patients were hospitalized,” Stepanov said at a briefing on November 30, Ukrinform reports.

Some 9,946 new COVID-19 cases were laboratory confirmed in Ukraine on November 30, bringing the total to 732,625

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