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Ukraine's authorities on Wednesday, August 5, said the number of new active COVID-19 cases increased by 1,271 over the past 24 hours.

This marked a new anti-record since the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic, as evidenced by the NSDC map of COVID-19 spread.

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The past day also saw 914 recoveries.

In total, 75,490 COVID-19 cases have already been detected in Ukraine.

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The pandemic has already taken 1,788 lives with 24 fatalities recorded over the past day.

As UNIAN reported earlier, as of the morning of August 4, Ukraine has reported a total of 74,219 lab-confirmedCOVID-19 cases since the pandemic outbreak, with a daily rise of 1,061.

Over the past day, 108 new cases of COVID-19 were registered in Kyiv.