Donetsk, Dec 2 – DAN. Six hundred and forty-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 Thursday.

Medics have carried out 1,346 tests since Wednesday; 366 people tested positive and another 279 showed COVID-19 symptoms, the report said. As many as 1,228 residents have been de-registered after recovery and 40 have died.

In the previous 24-hour reporting period, DPR medics diagnosed 505 new COVID-19 cases.

The DPR has recorded 109,771 coronavirus infection cases since the beginning of the pandemic; 93,459 people have recovered, 8,246 continue treatment, and 8,366 have died. *jk