No decrease! 856 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Ukraine over the day

61 851 cases of coronavirus disease COVID-19 were recorded in Ukraine as of July 23. This was reported by Minister of Health Maksym Stepanov at a briefing in Kyiv today, - correspondent of OstroV reports.

"856 people fell ill over the past day, of which 71 children and 50 health workers", - he stated.

According to him, 17 deaths from COVID-19 were recorded over the past day.

828 patients recovered.

"In total, 61 851 people fell ill during the pandemic, including 4 400 children and 8 153 health workers. 34 000 people recovered and 1551 died", - Maksym Stepanov said.

29 726 tests on COVID-19 were carried over the past day, of which 14 498 - by PCR and 15 228 - by EIA.

According to him, the largest number of cases over the past day was recorded in the Lviv (109), Ivano-Frankivsk (76) and Rivne (71) oblasts, as well as in Kyiv (132).