Ukraine sees record-high number of new active COVID-19 cases amid quarantine easing

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The number of the new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ukraine hit a record 689 over the past 24 hours, health officials report.

This brings a total of Ukraine cases to 29,070 as of the morning of Thursday, June 11.

Twenty-one coronavirus patients died in the past day, with the overall death toll of 854.

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At the same time, 372 patients recovered in the past day.

No data is available from Russia-occupied areas – the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol, parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.