COVID-19 pandemic in the Luhansk People's Republic

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the Luhansk People's Republic (or LNR, an unrecognised state on the territory of Ukraine) in March 2020. For the rest of Ukraine, see COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine.

COVID-19 pandemic in the Luhansk People's Republic
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Luhansk People's Republic
Arrival date	30 March 2020 (4 months, 2 weeks and 3 days)
Confirmed cases	532[1]
Recovered	461[1]
Deaths	13[1][lower-alpha 1]

Background

On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019.[3][4]

The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003,[5][6] but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.[7][5]

Timeline

COVID-19 cases in the Luhansk People's Republic  ()      Deaths        Recoveries        Active cases Mar Mar Apr Apr May May Last 15 days Last 15 days
Date			# of cases	# of deaths
2020-03-30		​	1(n.a.)
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2020-04-04		​	2(n.a.)
2020-04-05		​	4(+100%)
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2020-04-08		​ ​	6(n.a.)
2020-04-09		​ ​	7(+17%)
2020-04-08		​ ​	8(+14%)
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2020-04-13		​ ​	14(n.a.)
2020-04-14		​ ​	16(+14%)
2020-04-15		​ ​	17(+6.2%)
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2020-04-17		​ ​	21(n.a.)
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2020-04-22		​ ​	48(n.a.)
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2020-04-29		​ ​ ​	119(n.a.)	1(n.a.)
2020-04-30		​ ​ ​	129(+8.4%)	1(=)
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2020-05-04		​ ​ ​	144(n.a.)	1(n.a.)
2020-05-05		​ ​ ​	162(+12%)	2(+100%)
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2020-05-08		​ ​ ​	232(n.a.)	2(n.a.)
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2020-05-11		​ ​ ​	275(n.a.)	2(n.a.)
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2020-05-14		​ ​ ​	308(n.a.)	2(n.a.)
2020-05-15		​ ​ ​	312(+1.3%)	2(=)
2020-05-16		​ ​ ​	317(+1.6%)	2(=)
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2020-05-18		​ ​ ​	328(n.a.)	2(n.a.)
2020-05-19		​ ​ ​	338(+3%)	4(+100%)
2020-05-20		​ ​ ​	345(+2.1%)	4(=)
2020-05-21		​ ​ ​	356(+3.2%)	4(=)
2020-05-22		​ ​ ​	377(+5.9%)	5(+25%)
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2020-05-25		​ ​ ​	384(n.a.)	5(n.a.)
2020-05-26		​ ​ ​	384(=)	6(+20%)
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2020-05-28		​ ​ ​	393(n.a.)	6(n.a.)
2020-05-29		​ ​ ​	396(+0.76%)	6(=)
2020-05-30		​ ​ ​	405(+2.3%)	6(=)
2020-05-31		​ ​ ​	411(+1.5%)	6(=)
2020-06-01		​ ​ ​	419(+1.9%)	6(=)
Source: reports published by the Ministry of Health.[8]

March 2020

On 30 March, the first case was confirmed.[9]

April 2020

On 4 April, the second case was confirmed.[10] On 5 April, there were 4 cases confirmed in the Luhansk People's Republic.[11]

On 8 April, 6 cases were confirmed, 1 recovery was registered.[12][13] On 9 April, there were 7 confirmed cases.[14] On 10 April, the toll reached 8.[15]

On 13 April, there were 14 confirmed cases.[16] On 15 April, 17 cases were reported.[17]

On 17 April, the number of confirmed cases reached 21.[18]

By 23 April, there were a total of 48 cases within Luhansk.[19]

By 28 April, 119 cases and one death were registered.[20]

On 30 April, the health ministry of the LNR reported 129 registered cases: 49 of them in the town of Pervomaisk, 21 in Stakhanov, 15 in Sverdlovsk, 17 in Lugansk, 8 in Alchevsk, 2 in Brianka, 3 in Perevalsk. 12 patients were discharged from hospitals.[21][22] Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials estimated more than 400 cases in the occupied parts of Donetsk and Luhansk, and cast doubt on announcements by the LNR and DNR.[23]

May 2020

On 4 May, 144 cases were confirmed.[24]

On 5 May, an otorhinolaryngologist from Pervomaisk died of COVID-19.[25]

On 8 May, 232 coronavirus cases were confirmed in the republic.[26]

On 11 May, 275 cases were reported.[27]

On 14 May, 308 cases were confirmed. 53 patients were reported discharged from hospitals.[28]

On 15 May, 312 cases were confirmed, 104 patients were discharged.[29]

On 16 May, 317 cases were confirmed, 110 patients were discharged.[30]

On 18 May, 328 cases were confirmed, 111 patients were discharged.[31]

By 19 May, four deaths were confirmed.[32] By the end of the day, 338 cases were confirmed, 15 more people got recovered.[33]

On 20 May, there were 345 confirmed cases.[34] On the next day, 356 cases were confirmed.[35]

On 22 May, 377 confirmed cases were reported, 133 patients were discharged, 5 people died.[36]

On 25 May, there were 384 confirmed cases, 179 patients were reported discharged from hospitals. The number of fatalities stayed at 5.[37] On the next day, five more patients recovered and another died.[1]

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic in the Donetsk People's Republic

Notes

1. One more fatality is attributed to a cardiovascular disease, despite the fact that the patient was diagnosed with COVID-19.[2]

References

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