Donetsk, Jul 8 - DAN. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Donetsk People’s Republic increased by 127 over the past 24 hours, the DPR Healthcare Ministry reported on Thursday.

“DPR medics have carried out 591 tests since Wednesday; 106 people tested positive and another 21 showed clinical and epidemiological signs of COVID-19,” the report said.

Two hundred and forty-six patients have been de-registered after full recovery and 13 have died over the designated period; rapid tests have shown 60 reinfections, the Ministry said.

The DPR currently has 44,168 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 36,794 patients recovered, 4,033 continue treatment and 3,341 died, according to the latest reports.*jk