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Ukraine registered a record 3,833 cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, the national security council said on Saturday, up from a previous record of 3,584 new cases reported on 17 September.
The daily tally of Covid-19 infections spiked in September above 3,000, prompting the government to extend lockdown measures until the end of October. The council said a total of 195,504 cases were registered in Ukraine as of 26 September, with 3,903 deaths and 86,873 people recovering.