Donetsk, Jun 2 - DAN. Fourteen new coronavirus infection cases have been diagnosed in the Donetsk People’s Republic over the past 24 hours, the DPR Healthcare Ministry reported on Tuesday.

“Fourteen people tested positive for COVID-19 since Monday,” the report said.

Overall, 553 COVID-19 cases have been reported in the Republic since the beginning of the monitoring; 389 patients are receiving treatment, 144 have been discharged from hospitals and 20 have died.

The DPR has been on high alert against the COVID-19 outbreak since mid-March.*jk