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Lviv – The number of people with viral pneumonia is rapidly growing in Lviv, the city's top health official Volodymyr Zub has said.

"A total of 323 people have been diagnosed with pneumonia in Lviv, whereas the day before yesterday the number was 232," he said at a press conference on Tuesday.

As of 1100 on Tuesday, 27, 273 people with flu and acute respiratory infections have been registered in Lviv, including 11, 000 children. Twelve people, including one in a critical state, are currently in intensive care. Ten people in the city have died of flu and acute respiratory infections.