This was reported by the press center of the State Dispatch Service.

According to the department, since the beginning of the year 888 people drowned in the reservoirs of the country, of which 87 children.

At the same time, 577 people were rescued, including 124 children. According to rescuers, accidents with children on the water are usually due to the fact that adults leave small children unattended near places with an increased level of danger. In addition, children also succumb to death due to the fact that parents allow them to independently visit reservoirs.

However, recently there have been fewer deaths as a result of drowning, as the air temperature in Ukraine decreases.

Recall, as previously reported, "URA-Inform, in Nikolaev in all water bodies were forbidden to swim. According to Alexander Ignatenko, deputy head of the "Mykolaiv laboratory laboratory of the Ministry of Health" Alexander Ignatenko, out of the water that was taken on August 7 from Ingul near the pedestrian bridge, the causative agent of cholera.