Over 6,800 COVID-19 cases, 133 fatalities reported in occupied Crimea since start of epidemic

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Experts from the Crimean Human Rights Group (CHRG) say 6,806 COVID-19 cases, including 133 fatalities, have been registered in Russian-occupied Crimea since the start of the coronavirus epidemic.

"Some 172 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Crimea and the city of Sevastopol in the past day," the CHRG said on Facebook on October 9, referring to the occupying authorities' data.

Read alsoUkraine starts deploying makeshift hospitals for COVID-19 patients – health ministerIn Sevastopol alone, 32 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the past day.

In total, 1,253 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the city since the start of the epidemic.

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