As of Tuesday morning, some 8,416 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease were recorded in Ukraine, some 16,150 people recovered and 233 patients died, Ukrainian Health Minister Maksym Stepanov has said.

"Some 8,416 new cases of COVID-19 disease were recorded in Ukraine as of December 15, 2020. In particular, 412 children and 447 medical workers fell ill. Over the past day, some 1,479 people were hospitalized; some 233 patients died; some 16,150 people recovered," Stepanov wrote on his page in the Facebook page on Tuesday morning.

A day earlier, on December 14, some 6,451 new cases of infection were reported; on December 13, some 9,176 new cases were recorded; on December 12, there were 12,811 new cases of the virus in Ukraine, on December 11, some 13,514 new cases were recorded.

The number of people infected since the beginning of the pandemic on Tuesday morning was 909,802 people, some 15,480 people died from COVID-19 and some 522,868 people recovered.

Over the past day, the largest number of confirmed cases was registered in the city of Kyiv (1,559), Odesa (830), Cherkasy (665), Zaporizhia (599) and Poltava (575) regions.