LPR medics record 20,777 COVID-19 cases - Health Ministry

Lugansk People’s Republic medics recorded 20,777 coronavirus infection cases in the Republic, the LPR Healthcare Ministry press service reported.

 “As of 09:00, December 3, the LPR had 20,777 confirmed COVID-19 cases,” the report said.

 A total of 17,127 people have recovered and left hospitals with two negative test results for COVID-19 since the beginning of the coronavirus infection outbreak.

The World Health Organization 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 262.1 million by now; of those, over 5.2 million people died, according to the WHO. Earlier, the LPR confirmed 20,732 COVID-19 cases.

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