LPR reports 32,417 covid cases
SocietyLugansk People’s Republic medics recorded 32,417 coronavirus infection cases in the Republic, the LPR Healthcare Ministry press service reported.
“As of 09:00, May 24, the LPR had 32,417 confirmed COVID-19 cases,” the report said. A total of 28,875 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 522.7 million by now; of those, over 6.2 million people died, according to the World Health Organization. Earlier, the LPR confirmed 32,413 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