Ukraine reports record high for daily coronavirus cases: minister

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine registered a record 16,218 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, health minister Maksym Stepanov said on Friday, surpassing the previous day’s record of 15,331.

Total infections climbed to 693,407 cases, with 11,909 deaths, he said.

(Reporting by Natalia Zinets; Editing by Tom Hogue)