Ukraine has registered 6,410 new COVID-19 cases as of 9 a.m. on Oct. 17, bringing the total number of cases in the country since the start of the pandemic to 293,641.
In the past 24 hours, 109 people have died, 2,194 have recovered and 1,089 were hospitalized, a record number since the beginning of the pandemic in Ukraine. As of Oct. 16, 22,240 COVID-19 patients were receiving treatment in Ukraine’s hospitals.
A total of 124,113 patients have recovered and 5,517 have died since the beginning of the pandemic.
Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries from Sept. 1 to Oct. 16, 2020. All data were released by the Ministry of Health. (Kyiv Post)
There are currently 164,011 active cases of COVID-19 across Ukraine.
In the past 24 hours, Ukrainian laboratories have carried out a record number of 36,201 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and 27,533 antibody tests.
Ukraine expects to be conducting at least 50,000 PCR tests a day by the beginning of December, according to Health Minister Maksym Stepanov.
In the past 24 hours, the largest numbers of new cases have been recorded in the city of Kyiv (598), Odesa Oblast (506), Kharkiv Oblast (472), Dnipro Oblast (464), and Khmelnytskyi Oblast (382).
Ukraine’s daily new COVID-19 cases and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, the most accurate way of diagnosing the novel coronavirus, between Sept. 1 and Oct. 16, 2020. (Kyiv Post)
The Cabinet of Ministers has extended the country’s quarantine restrictions until Dec. 31 due to an upsurge in the number of new coronavirus cases.
According to Health Minister Maksym Stepanov during a briefing on Oct. 13, hospitals for COVID-19 patients are running out of beds. There are a total of 52,000 beds for COVID-19 patients in Ukraine’s hospitals and Ukrainian hospitals cannot accept any more patients because of people with other diseases who need treatment.
Starting on Oct. 19, 68 Ukrainian cities and regions will enter the “red” quarantine zone, including Chernivtsi, Khmelnytskyi, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Severodonetsk, Poltava, Sumy, Ivano-Frankivsk and Ternopil.
Additionally, Kyiv moved from the “yellow” to the “orange” quarantine zone on Oct. 12 due to the growing COVID-19 infection rate and crowding of hospitals. The government approved the change of zones on Oct. 9. However, the measures will be stricter than required by the orange zone to prevent the spread of the virus.
In Kyiv, gyms and cultural establishments will be required to close, while restaurants will not be allowed to work past 10 p.m. Mass events will be canceled until the epidemiological situation improves.
It is now forbidden to hold mass events of over 50 people in “green zone” regions, over 30 people in “yellow zone” regions and over 20 people in the “orange zone.” In all these zones, participants must be at least 1.5 meters apart.
