1,273 COVID-19 cases reported in LPR - Health Ministry

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LUGANSK, October 15 (Lugansk Media Centre) - Lugansk People’s Republic medics recorded 1,273 coronavirus infection cases in the Republic, the LPR Healthcare Ministry press service reported.

“As of 09:00, October 15, the LPR had 1,273 confirmed COVID-19 cases,” the report said.

“A total of 926 persons have recovered and left hospitals with two negative test results for COVID-19 since the beginning of the coronavirus infection outbreak.”

The World Health Organisation called the COVID-19 coronavirus infection a pandemic. The first coronavirus infection cases were recorded in China in late 2019.  As of now, the number of coronavirus contacts across the world has exceeded 38 million; of those, over one million people have died. Earlier, the LPR confirmed 1,243 COVID-19 cases; 58 patients died.

To prevent the spread of the coronavirus infection, the LPR authorities put the Republic on high alert and introduced lockdown measures.