Ukraine reports 39 new COVID-19 cases in armed forces as of Feb 5

The number of COVID-19 coronavirus cases registered in the Armed Forces of Ukraine rose by 39 as of the morning of February 5.

"As of 10:00 Kyiv time on February 5, some 690 people in the Armed Forces of Ukraine had acute respiratory illness COVID-19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. In total, 15,005 people have recovered and 43 have died during the pandemic," the press service of the Medical Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote on Facebook on Friday. "Some 39 new COVID-19 cases were registered in the past 24 hours."

Read alsoSeveral EU countries agree to sell surplus COVID-19 vaccines to Ukraine – Deputy PMOf those newly-infected, seven 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 83 servicemen are now isolated (including self-isolation).

COVID-19 in Ukraine: Latest developments

• 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.