Ukraine reports 103 new COVID-19 cases in armed forces as of March 2

The number of COVID-19 coronavirus cases registered in the Armed Forces of Ukraine rose by 103 as of the morning of March 2.

"As of 10:00 Kyiv time on March 2, some 876 people in the Armed Forces of Ukraine had acute respiratory illness COVID-19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. In total, 16,004 people have recovered and 46 have died during the pandemic," the press service of the Medical Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote on Facebook on Tuesday. "Some 103 new COVID-19 cases were registered in the past 24 hours."

Read alsoZelensky to get Covishield vaccine shot in public to prove its quality – StepanovOf those newly-infected, 10 people have been hospitalized, while the rest are self-isolating, undergoing treatment at home under doctors' supervision. Currently, their state of health is satisfactory.

Some 163 servicemen are now isolated (including self-isolation).

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