Donetsk, Sep 8 - DAN. Thirteen new COVID-8 cases have been confirmed in the Donetsk People’s Republic over the past 24 hours, the DPR Healthcare Ministry reported on Tuesday.

One of the infected arrived in the Republic from Ukraine. Three COVID-19 patients have died and 20 people have been discharged from hospitals with two negative COVID-19 tests since Monday, the report said.

The DPR currently has 2,699 confirmed COVID-19 cases; 1,338 people have recovered, 1,210 are receiving treatment and 151 have died, according to the Healthcare Ministry.

Ukraine has reported 2,411 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours; 140,479 people have got infected in Ukraine since the beginning of the pandemic.*jk