The number of officially confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ukraine has reached 42,982 as of 9 a.m. on June 28, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said at a morning press briefing.
Ukraine has identified 917 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, a slight decrease from the 948 new cases recorded the previous day.
Over the past 24 hours, 19 people have died of the coronavirus, bringing the total death toll from COVID-19 in the country up to 1,129.
Additionally, 233 patients have recovered, bringing the country’s total number of recoveries to 18,934.
Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries from May 1 to June 27, 2020. All data were released by the Ministry of Health.
Over the past 24 hours, 237 people have been hospitalized – a record number since the start of the epidemic.
Among the new COVID-19 cases, 61 are children and 65 are medical workers. A total of 3,147 children and 6,580 medical workers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ukraine.
Ukraine’s daily new COVID-19 cases and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, the most accurate way of diagnosing the novel coronavirus, between May 1 and June 27, 2020. (Bermet Talant)
The regions with the highest number of newly registered cases are Lviv Oblast (173), Rivne Oblast (93) and Zakarpattia Oblast (86) and the city of Kyiv (69).
During his morning briefing on June 27, Stepanov said that Ukraine had performed 14,169 COVID-19 tests in the past 24 hours. That includes 9,645 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and 4,524 antibody tests (IFA).
CORONAVIRUS IN UKRAINE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- As of 9 a.m. on June 28: 1,129 people have died from the disease in Ukraine and 18,701 have recovered.
- 42,982 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Ukraine as of June 28. The first case was identified on March 3.
- Ukraine entered the fourth stage of lifting quarantine on June 10.
- Indoor restaurants, domestic flights resumed on June 5, international flights on June 15
- How the Ukrainian government has been responding: TIMELINE
- Kyiv, Kharkiv and Dnipro subways reopened on May 25.
- Why the Kyiv Post isn’t making its coverage free in the times of COVID-19.
- With international travel on hold, Ukrainians prepare to travel across Ukraine
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- Where to buy masks.
