Ukraine has registered 10,179 new COVID-19 cases as of 9 a.m. on Nov. 10, bringing the total number of cases in the country since the start of the pandemic to 479,197.
In the past 24 hours, 191 people have died of the disease and 1,252 were hospitalized, while 5,514 have recovered.
A total of 214,657 patients have recovered and 8,756 have died in Ukraine since the beginning of the pandemic.
There are currently 255,784 active cases of COVID-19 across Ukraine.
In the past 24 hours, the largest numbers of new cases have been recorded in the city of Kyiv (747), Zhytomyr Oblast (646), Kyiv Oblast (628), Odesa Oblast (608) and Zaporizhzhia Oblast (683).
Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries from Sept. 16 to Nov. 9, 2020. All data were released by the Ministry of Health.
In the past 24 hours, Ukrainian laboratories have carried out 42,966 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and 25,996 antibody tests.
Ukraine is currently the 13th country in the world by the number of new daily cases. Ukraine is only the 47th country in the world by population.
On Nov. 9, President Volodymyr Zelensky, his chief of staff Andriy Yermak, and a number of government officials reported that they have tested positive for COVID-19. They include finance minister Serhiy Marchenko and defense minister Andriy Taran.
During his Nov. 10 briefing, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov reaffirmed the government’s resolve to impose a “weekend lockdown,” when non-essential shops, cafes and restaurants will be ordered to close on Saturdays and Sundays.
“There is only one goal – to make the load on the medical system acceptable. Acceptable is when we can provide medical care to all citizens without exception,” Stepanov said about the new measures.
Ukraine’s daily new COVID-19 cases and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, the most accurate way of diagnosing the novel coronavirus, between Oct. 1 and Nov. 9, 2020.
Stepanov also specified the Ministry’s three criteria that determine when a person can stop their self-quarantine after contracting COVID-19. One of the criteria is a negative PCR-test, while the others are equivalent, he said.
This means that a person can stop their self-quarantine if they meet at least one of the the criteria. The three criteria are:
- No clinical symptoms of acute respiratory disease and a negative PCR-test.
- No clinical symptoms of acute respiratory disease for three days, counting from the 10th day from the date of the first symptoms without laboratory examination.
- No clinical symptoms of acute respiratory disease for three days counting from the 10th day after a PCR test that eventually yielded a positive result, and without another PCR test to confirm that one has recovered.
On Nov. 6, Stepanov said that there are 52,000 hospital beds in Ukraine for treating COVID-19 patients. As of Oct. 25, 23,266 of them were occupied by patients diagnosed with or suspected of having COVID-19. As of Nov. 1, that number had increased to 26,593.
As of Nov. 3, about 18,500 hospital beds were supplied with oxygen, and, within the month, the Health Ministry plans to increase this to at least 40,000.
On Nov. 2, the Health Ministry launched an additional national coronavirus contact center that works around the clock, because regional hotlines are stretched to their limits. Employees of the contact center advise people on questions about COVID-19 and organizational issues related to how to treat the disease.
The phone number is +380800602019.
