Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko has said the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the city rose by 58 in the past day.
"In the past day, the number of Kyiv residents who tested positive [for the coronavirus] increased by 58, including 16 healthcare workers. There was one fatality. As of today, there are 2,710 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 61 deaths, in the capital city," he said during an online briefing on May 26, an UNIAN correspondent reported.
According to Klitschko, 24 women aged 19 to 81 and 29 men aged 18 to 81 are among those infected. In addition, two girls (eight and 17 years old) and three boys (nine, 15, and 16 years old) tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Klitschko said 12 new patients had been hospitalized, while the rest were self-isolating, undergoing treatment at home under medical supervision.
Thirty-three people recovered from the disease in the past day, he said. In total, 397 Kyiv residents have already recovered.
As UNIAN reported earlier, there were 21,584 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ukraine as of the morning of May 26, including 644 COVID-19 deaths and 7,575 recoveries. Some 339 new cases were recorded in the past 24 hours.
