Ukraine has identified 2,723 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said during his morning briefing on Sept. 4. As of 9 a.m., there are 67,577 active cases across Ukraine.
In the past 24 hours, Ukraine has recorded 51 deaths from COVID-19, 532 patients have been hospitalized and 937 people have recovered.
The largest numbers of new cases were recorded in Kharkiv Oblast (371), Kyiv city (319), Ternopil Oblast (204), Lviv Oblast (196), Chernivtsi Oblast (162) and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (160).
Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries from July 16 to Sept. 3, 2020. All data were released by the Ministry of Health.
The total number of infections identified in the country since the start of the pandemic stands at 130,951. A total of 60,613 people have recovered and 2,761 have died of the disease.
During the past 24 hours, laboratories have administered 25,483 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests across the country, Stepanov said during his briefing. They also carried out 24,302 antibody tests (IFA).
During his briefing two days earlier on Sept. 2, Stepanov said that 44% of available hospital beds for treating patients with suspected COVID-19 are currently occupied. Because the number of hospitalized patients is rapidly growing, the health ministry is getting new hospitals involved almost every day, he said.
On Sept. 1, a new school year began in Ukraine. Children will attend in-person classes across the country, except in the areas with the most severe COVID-19 epidemics.
Ukraine’s daily new COVID-19 cases and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, the most accurate way of diagnosing the novel coronavirus, between July 16 and Sept. 3, 2020.
Current quarantine restrictions
Since Aug. 3, new rules for Ukraine’s COVID-19 quarantine have come into force: communities, rather than entire regions, are now divided into green, yellow, orange and red levels of severity of the spread of COVID-19. The authorities in districts, cities, and towns will have to tighten or relax quarantine restrictions in accordance with the new categories. The levels are based on four indicators that are reviewed every five days.
Starting from Sept. 7, two regional capitals, Ivano-Frankivsk and Ternopil, will be moved into the red zone, Stepanov said on Sept. 4. The cities of Lviv, Kharkiv and Lutsk will be designated as the orange zone, he added.
The full list of regions and their zone categorization is available here (in Ukrainian).
To contain the spread of the virus, Ukraine closed its borders to foreign citizens for a month on Aug. 28. The ban will last until Sep. 28.
Foreigners with permanent residency permits and refugees will be exempt from the ban, as will transit passengers who can confirm that they will leave the country in no more than two days.
The ban also will not apply to citizens invited to the country by Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs or members of diplomatic missions and international organizations.
The full list of foreign citizens who are exempted from the ban is available here (in English).
CORONAVIRUS IN UKRAINE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Ukraine introduced four COVID-19 threat levels for cities, communities
- Ukraine extended the so-called “adaptive quarantine” until October 31.
- 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
- TripsGuard website tracks coronavirus travel restrictions in 84 nations.
- Where to buy masks.
