COVID-19 in Ukraine: 2,476 new cases, 30 dead, 82,264 active cases

Ukraine has registered 2,476 new COVID-19 cases as of 10 a.m. on Sept. 13. Currently, there are 82,264 active cases across the country.

In the past 24 hours, 30 people have died. Also, 338 were hospitalized and 547 patients have recovered.

Laboratories carried out 22,302 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and 6,321 antibody tests on Sept. 12.

The highest numbers of new cases were recorded in the city of Kyiv (310), as well as Kharkiv Oblast (225), Ternopil Oblast (180), Odesa Oblast (140), Khmelmytsky Oblast (132).

The total number of COVID-19 cases in Ukraine since the start of the pandemic stands at 154, 335. A total of 68,893 patients have recovered and 3,178 have died.

Starting Sept. 14, the following cities will be marked as having the orange level of COVID-19 threat: Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Lviv, Drohobych, Sumy, Kharkiv, Uzhgorod, Mukachevo, Khmelnytsky, Kamyanets-Podilsky, Irpin, Fastiv, Bersychiv, Korosten, Chornomorsk and a number of administrative districts.

The orange level means the local authorities will have to close hostels (but not hotels), gyms, fitness centers and cultural establishments, cancel planned hospitalizations, ban entertainment venues and restaurants at night and limit mass events to a maximum of 100 people on condition that there is no more than one person per 20 square meters.

The cities of Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kolomyya, Kalush, Ternopil, Chortkiv, Berezhany, Dubno, Kaniv, Nizhyn and other administrative districts remain in the red zone, which means the closure of public transport, restaurants, cafes, shopping malls, schools and universities.

However, since the introduction of the “outbreak zoning” to respond to local outbreaks, local authorities have refused to tighten restrictions in some localities, citing the economic burden it would bring to residents. Moreover, city officials of Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi and Ternopil said they would sue the central government for marking their cities as “red zone.”

Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries from Aug. 1 to Sept. 12, 2020. All data were released by the Ministry of Health. (Bermet Talant)

Ukraine’s daily new COVID-19 cases and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, the most accurate way of diagnosing the novel coronavirus, between Aug. 1 and Sept. 12, 2020. (Bermet Talant)