LPR medics record 32,411 covid cases - Health Ministry

Lugansk People’s Republic medics recorded 32,411 coronavirus infection cases in the Republic, the LPR Healthcare Ministry press service reported.

“As of 09:00, May 20, the LPR had 32,411 confirmed COVID-19 cases,” the report said.

A total of 28,853 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 520.9 million by now; of those, over 6.2 million people died, according to the World Health Organization. Earlier, the LPR confirmed 32,394 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