"Some 11,742 new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been recorded in Ukraine as of December 19, 2020. In particular, 547 children and 481 health workers are among them," Health Minister Maksym Stepanov posted on Facebook.
As the minister noted, 213 deaths, 13,314 recoveries, 2,865 hospitalizations were recorded over the past day.
A total of 60,089 coronavirus tests, including 39,258 PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests and 20,831 ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) tests, were performed in Ukraine in the past 24 hours.