Ukraine’s COVID-19 cases hit 16,000

The number of COVID-19 cases has grown by 375 to 16,023 in Ukraine as of May 12, according to the country’s Health Ministry.

Over the past 24 hours, 14 patients died from the infection, raising the toll to 425.

A total of 3,373 people have recovered from the virus in the Eastern European country.

Ukraine’s government has extended the coronavirus quarantine until May 22.

Even though the epidemic of the COVID-19 has shown no signs of winding down, Ukraine, on May 11, eased some of the quarantine restrictions it had in force since mid-March.

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged in late 2019 in China’s Hubei province, and the virus has spread to 212 countries and territories since then.

To date, COVID-19 cases surpassed 4,256,000 globally, resulting in more than 1,527,000 recoveries and over 287,000 deaths.

On February 11, the WHO officially named the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) as COVID-19, and on March 11, declared it a pandemic.