Over 8,900 COVID-19 cases, 181 fatalities reported in occupied Crimea since start of epidemic

Experts from the Crimean Human Rights Group (CHRG) say 8,953 COVID-19 cases, including 181 fatalities, have been registered in Russian-occupied Crimea since the start of the coronavirus epidemic.

"Some 256 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Crimea and the city of Sevastopol in the past day," the CHRG said on Facebook on October 21, referring to the occupying authorities' data.

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In total, 1,743 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the city since the start of the epidemic.

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