LPR medics record 20,921 COVID-19 cases - Health Ministry
SocietyLugansk People’s Republic medics recorded 20,921 coronavirus infection cases in the Republic, the LPR Healthcare Ministry press service reported.
“As of 09:00, December 8, the LPR had 20,921 confirmed COVID-19 cases,” the report said.
A total of 17,324 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 265.1 million by now; of those, over 5.2 million people died, according to the WHO. Earlier, the LPR confirmed 20,861 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