Occupiers of the "DNR" have registered three deaths and 41 new cases of coronavirus infection over the past day, September 16. This is said in the report of the so-called "Ministry of Health of the DNR".
"3 deaths were registered – men aged 67 and 63 years old and a woman aged 76 years", - the report says.
In total, as of the morning of September 17, 2908 cases of COVID-19 and 171 deaths are reported in the occupied territory of Donetsk oblast. Thus, the death rate is 5.9%.
The occupiers focus on the cases of COVID-19, which were allegedly confirmed in those who cross the line of demarcation from the free territory of Ukraine. So, it is reported about one case, which was allegedly detected in a newcomer over the past; in total, as of September 17, coronavirus infection was allegedly detected in 131 people who arrived in the occupied territory of Donetsk oblast, starting from June 25, 2020.