Ukraine reports record daily high of 3,144 new coronavirus cases

People wearing protective face masks amid the coronavirus disease outbreak wait for a train at a metro station in Kyiv

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine registered a record 3,144 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the national security council said on Friday, up from a previous record of 2,836 registered on Sept. 5.

The council said a total of 148,756 cases were registered in Ukraine as of Sept. 11, with 3,076 deaths.

(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)