As of Wednesday morning, 2,576 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease were recorded in Ukraine, 7,728 people recovered, and 161 patients died, Minister of Health of Ukraine Maksym Stepanov said.

"Some 2,576 new cases of coronavirus disease were recorded in Ukraine as of May 5, 2021. In particular, 103 children and 30 health workers fell ill. Also, over the past day, 1,671 people were hospitalized; 161 people died, and 7,728 people recovered," Stepanov said on his Facebook page on Wednesday morning.

A day earlier, on May 4, some 2,472 new cases of COVID-19 infection were reported, 2,758 new cases of COVID-19 infection were recorded on May 3, some 5,094 new cases of COVID-19 infection were recorded on May 2, some 8,549 new cases of COVID-19 infection were reported on May 1, on April 30 some 10,072 new cases of COVID-19 infection were recorded, 11,627 new cases of COVID-19 infection were recorded on April 29, some 9,590 new cases of coronavirus disease were reported on April 28, some 7,915 new cases of COVID-19 infection were recorded on April 27, and on April 26 there were 5,062 new cases of COVID-19 infection.

The number of infected since the beginning of the pandemic on Wednesday morning was 2.091 million people, 45,077 patients died, and 1.697 million people recovered.

Over the past day, the largest number of confirmed cases was registered in Kharkiv (405), Donetsk (287), Odesa (216), Dnipropetrovsk (213) and Cherkasy (177) regions.

On May 4, 2021, some 3,425 people were vaccinated in Ukraine, and 759,434 people were vaccinated since the beginning of the vaccination campaign.