"Some 6,545 new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been recorded in Ukraine as of December 21, 2020. In particular, among them are 292 children and 236 health workers," he wrote on his Facebook page on Monday.
He said that 80 patients died from COVID-19, 5,106 recovered and 1,766 were hospitalized in Ukraine on December 20.
Stepanov noted that 26,839 coronavirus tests, including 22,149 PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests and 4,690 ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) tests, had been performed in Ukraine in the past 24 hours.