The newly elected mayor of Konotop, Aleksandr Lugovoi, has died, MP Igor Molotok said on Facebook.

Local media reported Lugovoi died of complications from coronavirus.

At the same time, the local newspaper SumyToday reported that the cause of death of the newly elected mayor was the coronavirus.. It is indicated that Lugovoi fell ill even before the elections. He was in one of the Kiev hospitals.

As of November 16, 545 689 new cases of coronavirus disease COVID-19 were detected in Ukraine. In particular, over the past day, coronavirus was detected in 9832 patients. 354 children and 360 health workers fell ill per day. During Sunday, 1,100 people were also hospitalized, 94 people died from complications, 2,753 recovered. Over the past day, the largest number of confirmed cases was registered in.

Kiev (879), Dnepropetrovsk (847), Zaporozhye (807), Kiev (648) and Odessa (633) regions.

Local elections were held in Ukraine on October 25. Citizens elected deputies to regional, district, city, village and settlement councils, as well as city, settlement and rural heads in all 24 regions of Ukraine.

According to the CEC, the turnout in the elections was 37%, which is one and a half times less than in the local elections in 2015. Reported by ZN. UA.