4,984 COVID-19 cases recorded in LPR - Health Ministry

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Lugansk People’s Republic medics recorded 4,984 coronavirus infection cases in the Republic, the LPR Healthcare Ministry press service reported.

“As of 09:00, June 17, the LPR had 4,984 confirmed COVID-19 cases,” the report said. “A total of 4,368 patients have recovered and left hospitals with two negative test results for COVID-19 since the beginning of the coronavirus infection outbreak.”

The World Health Organisation called the COVID-19 coronavirus infection a pandemic caused by a novel coronavirus. The first coronavirus infection cases were recorded in China in late 2019. The number of coronavirus contacts across the world has exceeded 176.1 million by now; of those, over 3.8 million people died, according to the WHO. Earlier, the LPR confirmed 4,963 COVID-19 cases.

To prevent the spread of the coronavirus infection, the LPR authorities put the Republic on high alert and introduced lockdown measures. *i*s

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