Ukraine reports 4,928 new coronavirus cases

"Some 4,928 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in Ukraine as of January 23, 2021. In particular, 166 children and 261 health workers have fallen ill," Health Minister of Ukraine Maksym Stepanov posted on Facebook.

He said that 116 deaths, 13,138 recoveries and 1,862 hospitalizations were recorded in Ukraine on January 22.

Stepanov noted that 40,144 coronavirus tests, including 22,667 PCR tests and 17,477 ELISA tests, had been performed in Ukraine in the past 24 hours.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, 21,778 people have died and 942,107 have recovered from COVID-19 in Ukraine.

The highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases over the past day was registered in Kyiv city (536), Lviv region (351), Dnipropetrovsk region (342), Zaporizhia region (339), and Kharkiv region (325).

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