KYIV, Nov 14 - Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said on Saturday he had tested positive for COVID-19, shortly after announcing the country had posted a record number of new cases in a single day, Reuters reported.

“This is a war, every day the virus takes the lives of Ukrainians,” Stepanov told a televised briefing at which he said 12,524 new cases had been registered in the previous 24 hours, up from the record of 11,787 a day earlier.