Donetsk, May 18 - DAN. One hundred and sixty-five new COVID-19 cases have been diagnosed in the Donetsk People’s Republic over the past 24 hours, the DPR Healthcare Ministry reported on Tuesday.

“DPR medics have carried out 487 tests since Monday; 108 people tested positive and another 57 showed clinical and epidemiological signs of COVID-19,” the report said.

Six hundred and forty-nine patients have been de-registered after recovery and 19 have died over the designated period.   Forty-four rapid tests have shown 18 reinfections.​

The DPR currently has 35,861 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 3,289 people continue treatment, 29,896 recovered and 2,676 died, according to the latest reports.*jk