KYIV – Ukraine recorded a record 5,804 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, announced the national security council on Friday, and 5,397 new cases were reported on Thursday.
The count in Ukraine rose to a record for the third consecutive day, bringing the total number of cases of coronavirus infection to 250538 with 4,779 deaths, 89 of them in the last 24 hours.
The outbreak of new infections led the government to extend employers’ closure measures until the end of October (report via Natalia Zinets; edition via Jacqueline Wong).
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