Ukraine reports 3,565 new coronavirus cases

/Corrects number of cases reported on Thursday – 3,372/

KIEV, September 25. /TASS/. Doctors in Ukraine recorded 3,565 coronavirus cases in the past day, compared to 3,372 cases a day earlier, the National Security and Defense Council said on Friday.

This is the second time when the country recorded more than 3,500 coronavirus infections over a 24-hour period. The highest number was reported on September 17 when 3,584 cases were identified.

According to the council, in the past day 70 people who contracted COVID-19 died in Ukraine, bringing the total to 3,827, while 1,675 patients recovered (85,133 in total).

On Thursday, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky informed that the country is now experiencing a second wave of the coronavirus epidemic.

In late December 2019, Chinese officials informed the World Health Organization (WHO) about the outbreak of a previously unknown pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, in central China. Since then, cases of the novel coronavirus – named COVID-19 by the WHO – have been reported in every corner of the world. On March 11, 2020, the WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic.