18 876 cases of coronavirus disease COVID-19 were recorded in Ukraine as of May 19. This was reported by Minister of Health Maksym Stepanov at a briefing in Kyiv today, - correspondent of OstroV reports.
"260 people fell ill over the past day, of which 24 children and 46 health workers", - he stated.
According to him, 13 deaths from COVID-19 have been recorded over the past day.
"In total, 18 876 people fell ill during the pandemic, including 1348 children and 3969 health workers. 5632 people recovered and 548 died", - Maksym Stepanov said.
The Minister noted that 7062 tests on COVID-19 were carried out by PCR over the past day.