Over the past day, 11,476 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection were laboratory confirmed in Ukraine, and 8,044 people recovered, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said.

"Some 11,476 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Ukraine as of March 23, 2021. In particular, 606 children and 357 health workers fell ill. Also, over the past day, 2,519 people were hospitalized, 333 people died, and 8,044 people recovered," Stepanov wrote on Facebook on Tuesday.

A day earlier, on March 22, some 7,893 new cases of coronavirus infection were reported, on March 21, some 11,145 new cases of COVID-19 were reported, on March 20, some 15,292 new cases of coronavirus disease were reported, and on March 19, some 15,850 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded. On March 18, there were 15,053 new cases of COVID-19, on March 17, there were 11,833 new cases of coronavirus disease, on March 16, there were 9,642 new cases of COVID-19 infection, and on March 15, there were 6,792 new cases of COVID-19 infection.

The number of infected people since the beginning of the pandemic on Tuesday morning was 1.566 million people, 30,431 patients died, and 1.269 million people recovered.

Over the past day, the largest number of confirmed cases was registered in Odesa region (1,122), in Kyiv city (1,050), in Lviv (995), Kharkiv (843) and Kyiv (727) regions.