Ukraine’s COVID-19 cases hit nearly 10k

The number of officially confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ukraine has reached 9,410 as of April 28, according to Ukraine’s health ministry. In total, 239 people have died from the disease in Ukraine, and 992 patients have recovered.

In the past 24 hours, Ukraine has identified 401 new COVID-19 cases.

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged in late 2019 in China’s Hubei province, and the virus has spread to 210 countries and territories since then.

To date, COVID-19 cases surpassed 3,065,000 globally, resulting in more than 922,000 recoveries and over 211,000 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.