Donetsk, Oct 5 – DAN. Six hundred and thirty-nine new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the Donetsk People’s Republic over the past 24 hours, the DPR Healthcare Ministry reported on Tuesday.

A total of 1,301 tests have been carried out since Monday; 572 people tested positive and another 67 showed COVID-19 symptoms, the report said. Three hundred and four patients have been de-registered after recovery and 33 have died over the designated period.

The DPR has recorded 69,226 COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic; 54,442  people have recovered, 9,721 continue treatment, and 5,063 have died. *jk