The number of those who have died of flu and flu-like illnesses in Ukraine has increased to 496 people as of late on Dec. 13, the Ukrainian Health Ministry has reported.
Six people have died of flu and its complications (pneumonia) over the past 24 hours, the ministry said. Two people died in Donetsk region, and one each in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Volyn, and Cherkasy regions.
Since the outbreak of the epidemic, over 2.463 million people have contracted flu and respiratory infections, including 19,198 people over the past 24 hours.
A total of 147,931 people have been hospitalized since the start of the epidemic (October 29). Of those hospitalized, 117,186 people have been discharged from hospitals.
The epidemic threshold of flu and flu-like illnesses has been exceeded in Vinnytsia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Luhansk, Sumy and Cherkasy regions, and in the city of Sevastopol.
