Number Of New Covid-19 Cases Up 45.1% To 6,632, Number Of Deaths Up 31.5% To 187 On January 5

On January 5, the number of newly-registered Covid-19 cases in Ukraine rose by 6,632 over January 4 to 3,689,291, and the number of deaths increased by 187 over January 4 to 96,896; at the same time, the number of new cases increased by 45.1%, and the number of new deaths increased by 31.5%.

This follows from data of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

According to the report, as of the morning of January 5, a total of 3,689,291 laboratory-confirmed Covid-19 cases were registered in Ukraine; the number included 96,896 deaths; 3,500,914 had recovered.

On January 5, a total of 6,632 new disease cases were recorded, 187 people died, and 9,121 people recovered.

Therefore, as of January 5, the number of newly infected people was lower than that of those who recovered (6,632 vs 9,121).

At the same time, on January 5, a total of 2,028 coronavirus-infected people were hospitalized, up 48.5% over January 4.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on January 4, the number of newly-registered Covid-19 cases in Ukraine rose by 4,571 over January 3 to 3,682,659, and the number of deaths increased by 273 over January 3 to 96,709; at the same time, the number of new cases increased 2.6 times, and the number of new deaths increased twice.

On January 3, the number of newly-registered Covid-19 cases in Ukraine rose by 1,746 over January 2 to 3,678,088, and the number of deaths increased by 135 over January 2 to 96,436; at the same time, the number of new cases decreased by 3.2%, and the number of new deaths increased by 18.4%.