REUTERS
Some 212 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Crimea and the city of Sevastopol in the past day.
Experts from the Crimean Human Rights Group (CHRG) say 8,810 COVID-19 cases, including 178 fatalities, have been registered in Russian-occupied Crimea since the start of the coronavirus epidemic.
"Some 212 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Crimea and the city of Sevastopol in the past day," the CHRG said on Facebook on October 19, referring to the occupying authorities' data.
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In total, 1,640 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the city since the start of the epidemic.