73 158 cases of coronavirus disease COVID-19 were recorded in Ukraine as of August 3. This was reported by Minister of Health Maksym Stepanov at a briefing in Kyiv today, - correspondent of OstroV reports.
"990 people fell ill over the past day, of which 91 children and 44 health workers", - he stated.
According to him, 13 deaths from COVID-19 were recorded over the past day.
333 patients recovered.
"In total, 73 158 people fell ill during the pandemic, including 5 163 children and 8 799 health workers. 39 876 people recovered and 1738 died", - Maksym Stepanov said.
11 714 tests on COVID-19 were carried over the past day, of which 8 523 - by PCR and 3 191 - by EIA.
According to him, the largest number of cases over the past day was recorded in the Lviv (138) and Ivano-Frankivsk (119) oblasts, as well as in Kyiv (102).