18 June 2021, Friday, 13:10 119

Number Of New Covid-19 Cases Down 18.6% To 967, Number Of New Lethal Cases Up 9.1% To 50 On June 17

Редактор: Daria Zubkova

On June 17, the number of newly-registered Covid-19 cases in Ukraine rose by 967 over June 16 to 2,228,192, and the number of deaths increased by 50 over June 16 to 51,952; at the same time, the number of new cases decreased by 18.6%, and the number of new lethal cases decreased by 9.1%.

The National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) has said this in a statement, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

According to the report, as of the morning of June 18, a total of 2,228,192 laboratory-confirmed Covid-19 cases were registered in Ukraine; the number included 51,952 fatal cases; 2,147,972 people had recovered.

On June 17, a total of 967 new disease cases were recorded, 50 people died, and 2,312 people recovered.

Therefore, as of June 17, the number of newly infected people was lower than that of those who recovered (967 vs 2,312).

At the same time, on June 17, a total of 585 coronavirus-infected people were hospitalized, down 2.7% over June 16.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on June 16, the number of newly-registered Covid-19 cases in Ukraine rose by 1,188 over June 15 to 2,227,225, and the number of deaths increased by 55 over June 15 to 51,902; at the same time, the number of new cases increased 13.7%, and the number of new lethal cases increased 29.5%.

On June 15, the number of newly-registered Covid-19 cases in Ukraine rose by 1,045 over June 14 to 2,226,037, and the number of deaths increased by 78 over June 14 to 51,847; at the same time, the number of new cases increased 3%, and the number of new lethal cases increased 1.3%.