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Twelve regions in Ukraine have exceeded the epidemic threshold. The number of those who have died of flu and flu-like illnesses in Ukraine has increased to 882 as of late Friday on Jan. 8, the Ukrainian Health Ministry has reported.

The number of those who have died of flu and flu-like illnesses in Ukraine has increased to 882 as of late Friday on Jan. 8, the Ukrainian Health Ministry has reported.

Twenty-three people, including two pregnant women, have died of flu and its complications (pneumonia) over the past 24 hours, the ministry said. The greatest number of people died in Zaporizhia region (three people) and Kharkiv region (three people).

According to the ministry, the epidemic threshold was exceeded in twelve regions. A relatively favorable epidemic situation is being observed in nine regions, Kyiv and Sevastopol.

Since the outbreak of the epidemic (October 29, 2009), over 3.988 million people have contracted flu and respiratory infections, including 22,858 people over the past 24 hours.

The ministry publishes no separate statistics on cases of A/H1N1 influenza or swine flu.