Ukraine's Heath Ministry said on November 10 that 19 people had died in the past two days to reach the new total.
Fourteen of the 19 fatalities were reported to be attributed to swine flu.
The ministry also announced that the number of flu and respiratory disease patients in the country has gone over 1 million.
The majority of the deaths were reported in the western oblasts of Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk.
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