COVID-19 pandemic in the Luhansk People's Republic
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the Luhansk People's Republic (or LNR, an unrecognised state on the territory of Ukraine) in March 2020. For the rest of Ukraine, see COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine. Background. On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) 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 30 March, the first case was confirmed. April 2020. On 4 April, the second case was confirmed. On 5 April, there were 4 cases confirmed in the Luhansk People's Republic. On 8 April, 6 cases were confirmed, 1 recovery was registered. On 9 April, there were 7 confirmed cases. On 10 April, the toll reached 8. On 13 April, there were 14 confirmed cases. On 15 April, 17 cases were reported. On 17 April, the number of confirmed cases reached 21 . By 23 April, there were a total of 48 cases within Luhansk. By 28 April, 119 cases and one death were registered. On 30 April, the health ministry of the LNR reported 129 registered cases: 49 of them in the town of Pervomaisk, 21 in Stakhanov, 15 in Sverdlovsk, 17 in Luhansk, 8 in Alchevsk, 2 in Brianka, 3 in Perevalsk. 12 patients were discharged from hospitals. Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials estimated more than 400 cases in the occupied parts of Donetsk and Luhansk, and cast doubt on announcements by the LNR and DNR. May 2020. On 4 May, 144 cases  were confirmed. On 5 May, an otorhinolaryngologist from Pervomaisk died of COVID-19. On 8 May, 232 coronavirus cases were confirmed in the republic. On 11 May, 275 cases were reported. On 14 May, 308 cases were confirmed. 53 patients were reported discharged from hospitals. On 15 May, 312 cases were confirmed, 104 patients were discharged. On 16 May, 317 cases were confirmed, 110 patients were discharged. On 18 May, 328 cases were confirmed, 111 patients were discharged. By 19 May, four deaths were confirmed. By the end of the day, 338 cases were confirmed, 15 more people got recovered. On  20 May, there were 345 confirmed cases. On the next day, 356 cases were confirmed. On 22 May, 377 confirmed cases were reported, 133 patients were discharged, 5 people died. On 25 May, there were 384 confirmed cases, 179 patients were reported discharged from hospitals. The number of fatalities stayed at 5. On the next day, five more patients recovered and another died.