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Flu and acute respiratory viral infections had killed 174 people in 18 regions, the city of Kyiv and Crimea by Nov. 9, according to Health Ministry.

Out of 174, in particular, 74 people died in Lviv region, 25 in Ivano-Frankivsk region, 18 in Ternopil region, 17 in Chernivtsi region, 7 in Khmelnytskyi region, 4 in Volyn, 6 in Rivne regions, 4 in Kyiv region, 2 in Zakarpattia region, 3 in Vinnytsia region, 3 in the city of Kyiv, 1 in Crimea, Donetsk, Odesa, Kherson and Cherkasy regions each.

Flu and acute respiratory viral infections have struck 1, 031, 597 people since Oct. 29, including 52, 742 taken to hospital. The Health Ministry has registered that 68, 223 people have contracted flu and acute respiratory viral infections in Kyiv.