As of Thursday morning, some 6,237 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease were recorded in Ukraine, some 5,225 people recovered, 163 patients died, Health Minister of Ukraine Maksym Stepanov said.

"Some 6,237 new cases of COVID-19 disease were recorded in Ukraine as of February 18, 2021. In particular, 413 children and 276 medical workers fell ill. Over the past day, some 2,222 people were hospitalized, 163 people died, some 5,225 people recovered," the minister said on his Facebook page on Thursday morning.

A day earlier, on February 17, some 4,286 cases of COVID-19 were reported; on February 16, there were 3,143 new cases of COVID-19 infection; on February 15, some 2,332 new cases of COVID-19 disease were recorded; on February 14, some 3,094 cases of COVID-19 infection were reported. On February 13 there were 5,182 cases; on February 12 the minister reported 4,773 new patients; on February 11 there were 5,039 cases; on February 10 there were 3,409 cases; on February 9 there were 2,656 cases, and on February 8 some 2,141 cases were recorded.

The number of people infected since the start of the pandemic on Thursday morning was 1.287 million people, some 24,852 people died, and 1.134 people recovered.

Over the past day, the largest number of confirmed cases was registered in Ivano-Frankivsk (799), Vinnytsia (514), Kyiv (513), Zakarpattia (500) and Zhytomyr (438) regions.