COVID-19 pandemic in the Donetsk People's Republic


The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the Donetsk People's Republic in March 2020. For the rest of Ukraine, see COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine.

Background

On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019.
The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003, but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.

Timeline

March 2020

On 31 March, the first case in the occupied territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, a local resident arriving from Moscow, Russia.

April 2020

On 1 April, the second case was confirmed. The patient is a child of the woman in the first case.
On 3 April, the third case was confirmed.
On 17 April, the number of confirmed infections was elevated to 36.
On 30 April, the health ministry of the DNR announced that there was 100 cases, of which 11 had recovered and 3 had died. Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials estimated more than 400 cases in the occupied parts of Donetsk and Luhansk, and cast doubt on the DNR announcement.

May 2020

By 1 May, 105 cases had been confirmed, with 16 patients discharged from hospitals and 4 fatalities. On 3 May, the total number of confirmed cases rose to 120.
The fifth death was reported on 8 May. By 9 May, 180 cases were confimed, of them 27 discharged and 5 deaths. By 11 May, 184 cases were confirmed. By 13 May, the number rose to 208.
On 16 May, the total reached 246, with 36 patients discharged from hospitals.
On 19 May, the number of deaths reached 7. On 20 May, the total number of deaths reached 9. By 21 May, the overall number of confirmed cases reached 305, with 73 patients discharged from hospitals.

June 2020

As of 13 June, 827 cases were confirmed, 38 patients had died, and 209 were discharged from hospitals.