A total of 440 people have died of flu and respiratory diseases in Ukraine as of late on Tuesday, December 1.

Nine people have died of flu and its complications (pneumonia) over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Health Ministry reported.

Since the outbreak of the epidemic, nearly 1.893 million people have contracted flu and respiratory infections, including 51,388 people over the past 24 hours.

A total of 114,503 people have been hospitalized since the start of the epidemic (October 29). Of those hospitalized, 90,284 people have been discharged from hospitals.

The epidemic threshold is still exceeded in Zakarpattia, Sumy and Khmelnytsky regions.