Donetsk, Jun 9 - DAN. Fourteen people  have tested positive for COVID-19 in the Donetsk People’s Republic over the past 24 hours, the DPR Healthcare Ministry press service reported on Tuesday.

“Over the past 24 hours, DPR medics confirmed 14 new COVID-19 cases,” the report said. “Two persons were discharged from hospitals yesterday after negative tests and one patient died.”

The DPR has confirmed 718 COVID-19 cases since the beginning of monitoring; 28 people have died and 169 have recovered. The first COVID-19 case in the DPR was diagnosed on March 31.*jk