Donetsk, Sep 10 - DAN. Thirty-three new COVID-19 cases have been diagnosed in the Donetsk People’s Republic following initial tests over the past 24 hours, the DPR Healthcare Ministry reported on Thursday.

Twenty-three people have been discharged from hospitals with two negative coronavirus test results since Wednesday. A 44-year-old man and a 68-year woman have died due to COVID-19 over the past 24 hours.

As of Thursday morning, the Republic had 2,739 confirmed COVID-19 cases; 1,361 people have recovered, 1,223 are undergoing treatment and 155 have died, according to the DPR Healthcare Ministry.

Ukraine has reported 2,582 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours; 145,612 people have got infected and 3,023 have died in Ukraine since the beginning of the pandemic.*jk