Donetsk, Jun 10 - DAN. One hundred and seventy new COVID-19 cases have been diagnosed in the Donetsk People’s Republic over the past 24 hours, the DPR Healthcare Ministry reported on Thursday.

“DPR medics have carried out 582 tests since Wednesday; 144 people tested positive and another 26 showed clinical and epidemiological signs of COVID-19,” the report said.

Nine hundred and thirty-two patients have been de-registered after recovery and 16 have died over the designated period.

The DPR currently has 40,548 confirmed COVID-19 cases; 33,831 patients recovered, 3,637 continue treatment and 3,080 died, according to the latest reports.*jk