LPR reports 32,524 covid cases

Lugansk People’s Republic medics recorded 32,524 coronavirus infection cases in the Republic, the LPR Healthcare Ministry press service reported.

 “As of 09:00, June 3, the LPR had 32,524 confirmed COVID-19 cases,” the report said. A total of 28,927 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 528.2 million by now; of those, over 6.2 million people died, according to the WHO. Earlier, the LPR confirmed 32,499 COVID-19 cases.

To prevent the spread of the coronavirus infection, the LPR authorities put the Republic on high alert and introduced lockdown measures. The high alert state was lifted on May 30. *t