The number of COVID-19 coronavirus cases registered in the Armed Forces of Ukraine rose by 91 as of the morning of October 18.
"As of 10:00 Kyiv time on October 18, some 1,082 people in the Armed Forces of Ukraine had acute respiratory illness COVID-19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. In total, 3,220 people have recovered and 13 have died during the pandemic," the press service of the Medical Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote on Facebook on October 18. "Some 91 new COVID-19 cases were registered in the past 24 hours."
Read alsoNew COVID-19 rapid tests may emerge in Ukraine next week: health officialOf those newly-infected, 14 people have been hospitalized, while another 77 are self-isolating, undergoing treatment at home under doctors' supervision. Currently, their state of health is satisfactory.
Some 465 servicemen are now isolated (including self-isolation). The number of those whose isolation term is expiring in the next three days is 54 people.
COVID-19 in Ukraine: Latest
- Ukraine said 5,231 new active COVID-19 cases had been confirmed across the country in the past 24 hours as of October 18, 2020.
- The total number of confirmed cases grew to 298,872.
