Ukraine ranks 34th in Europe by number of COVID-19 deaths – health minister

Ukraine ranks 34th in Europe by number of COVID-19 deaths / Photo from UNIAN

Ukrainian Health Minister Maksym Stepanov has said the country ranks 34th in Europe by number of deaths from COVID-19.

"Ukraine ranks 34th in Europe by number of deaths," he said during a Q&A hour at the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, on February 5, an UNIAN correspondent reported.

According to Stepanov, the death rate in Ukraine is nearly 67% lower than in Great Britain and half the number in France.

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• Ukraine said 4,923 new active COVID-19 cases had been confirmed across the country in the past 24 hours as of February 5, 2021.
• The total number of confirmed cases grew to 1,237,169.
• As many as 1,063,591 patients, including 8,185 in the past day, have recovered.
• The death toll has hit 23,387 with 158 fatalities recorded in the past 24 hours.