Ukraine reports 60 new COVID-19 cases in armed forces as of Jan 21

The number of COVID-19 coronavirus cases registered in the Armed Forces of Ukraine rose by 60 as of the morning of January 21.

"As of 10:00 Kyiv time on January 21, some 756 people in the Armed Forces of Ukraine had acute respiratory illness COVID-19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. In total, 14,343 people have recovered and 39 have died during the pandemic," the press service of the Medical Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote on Facebook on Thursday. "Sixty new COVID-19 cases were registered in the past 24 hours."

Read alsoPoll: 16% of Ukrainians believe they had COVID-19Of those newly-infected, 14 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 126 servicemen are now isolated (including self-isolation). The number of those whose isolation term is expiring in the next three days is 25 people.

COVID-19 in Ukraine: Latest developments

• Ukraine said 5,583 new active COVID-19 cases had been confirmed across the country in the past 24 hours as of January 21, 2021.
• The total number of confirmed cases grew to 1,177,621.