Ukraine has registered 2,136 new cases of COVID-19 as of 9 a.m. on May 17, bringing the total number of cases in the country since the start of the pandemic to 2.1 million.
The decrease in the number of new cases may be due to the fact that fewer coronavirus tests are performed during weekends.
In the past 24 hours, 6,869 COVID-19 patients have recovered and 109 have died.
Since the start of the pandemic, 48,184 people have died in Ukraine and more than 1.8 million people have recovered from the disease.
Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries from April 16, 2021 to May 16, 2021. All data was released by the Ministry of Health
The largest numbers of new cases have been recorded in Donetsk Oblast (190), Rivne Oblast (182), Sumy Oblast (137), Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (134) and Odesa Oblast (134).
Ukrainian laboratories have carried out 9,966 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and 5,944 antibody tests in the past 24 hours. Over 9.8 million PCR tests have been conducted since the start of the pandemic.
In the past 24 hours, 1,260 patients were hospitalized with COVID-19.
Ukraine’s daily new COVID-19 cases and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, the most accurate way of diagnosing the novel coronavirus, between April 16, 2021 and May 16, 2021. All data was released by the Ministry of Health.
Vaccination
Vaccination in Ukraine began on Feb. 24, and by May 14, a total of 940,158 people have received the first dose of the vaccine, while 18,394 people received two doses of the vaccine (of whom, two people received their first doses abroad).
To date, Ukraine has received less than 2 million doses of vaccine, but more deliveries are scheduled in the coming months.
U.S. pharmaceutical Pfizer will provide 20 million doses of vaccine to Ukraine by the end of 2021, according to Health Minister Maksym Stepanov.
Ukraine will receive the first 500,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine in May-June 2021, 4.5 million doses in July-September, and the remaining 15 million doses before the end of the year, according to Stepanov.
On April 23, the country received 367,200 doses in a new batch of AstraZeneca vaccines produced in South Korea.
Ukraine currently administers vaccines from three producers: AstraZeneca, Sinovac and Pfizer.
The number of daily COVID-19 vaccinations in Ukraine since the vaccination campaign started on Feb. 25. All data was released by the Ministry of Health
On May 14, Lithuania announced it would gift Ukraine 100,000 doses, but did not specify the brand.
The Health Ministry accepts online and telephone applications from Ukrainians who want to be put on the waiting list for the vaccine. Since April 24, Ukraine has been in the second stage of the vaccination campaign, inoculating medical staff, military service members and people over 80 years old. However, people who fall outside these categories may be able to receive surplus doses.
Lockdown
From March 20 to April 30, Kyiv was under lockdown in response to the rising number of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations. Most quarantine restrictions were lifted on May 1 in Kyiv. Restaurants, stores and gyms have reopened.
On May 7, Heath Minister Stepanov said that Ukraine had overcome the third wave of COVID-19.
Currently, none of Ukraine’s 24 oblasts are in the “red” quarantine zone, meaning that none of them have lockdowns.
