Ukraine reports 19 new COVID-19 cases in armed forces as of Oct 5

The number of COVID-19 coronavirus cases registered in the Armed Forces of Ukraine rose by 19 as of the morning of October 5.

"As of 10:00 Kyiv time on October 5, some 721 people in the Armed Forces of Ukraine had acute respiratory illness COVID-19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. In total, 2,484 people have recovered and 10 have died during the pandemic," the press service of the Medical Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote on Facebook on October 5. "Nineteen new COVID-19 cases were registered in the past 24 hours."

Read alsoHealth minister names Ukrainian regions with highest daily COVID-19 spikeOf those newly-infected, three people have been hospitalized, while another 16 are self-isolating, undergoing treatment at home under doctors' supervision. Currently, their state of health is satisfactory.

Some 538 servicemen are now isolated (including self-isolation). The number of those whose isolation term is expiring in the next three days is 188 people.

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• Ukraine said 3,774 new active COVID-19 cases had been confirmed across the country in the past 24 hours as of October 5, 2020.
• The total number of confirmed cases grew to 230,236.