Data from Ukraine's health ministry shows 471 coronavirus-related deaths were registered over the past 24 hours, approaching the record daily toll of 481, which was reported on April 7, Reuters reports.

The number of new daily coronavirus infections in Ukraine, which has a population of 41 million, has also increased over the past several weeks.

Ukraine has registered 16,309 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours. It has reported a total of 2.59 million Covid-19 cases and 59,523 deaths since the start of the pandemic.

People wear protective face masks sit in a bus amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak in central Kyiv, Ukraine, September 29. — Reuters
People wear protective face masks sit in a bus amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak in central Kyiv, Ukraine, September 29. — Reuters

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