Ukraine has registered 4,069 new COVID-19 cases as of 9 a.m. on Oct. 1. In the past 24 hours, 64 people have died, 730 have been hospitalized and 2,038 patients have recovered.
There are currently 114,392 active cases across the country.
The largest numbers of new cases have been recorded in Kharkiv Oblast (450), the city of Kyiv (377), Dnipro Oblast (266), Odesa Oblast (260), and Ternopil Oblast (253).
In the past 24 hours, laboratories have carried out 30,167 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and 22,855 antibody tests.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Ukraine since the start of the pandemic stands at 213,028. A total of 94 398 patients have recovered and 4,193 have died.
Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries from Aug. 23 to Sept. 30, 2020. All data were released by the Ministry of Health. (Kyiv Post)
Although the number of COVID-19 cases in the country is still high, Ukraine has decided to keep the country’s borders open for foreigners. Starting on Sept. 28, foreign citizens are allowed to enter Ukraine with valid health insurance issued by a Ukrainian insurance company, or a foreign company with an office in Ukraine.
Read more: Ukraine to keep borders open for foreigners
Ukraine is now divided into new threat levels that depend on the number of cases in the last 14 days per 100,000 people and bed occupancy in hospitals.
Based on the epidemic criteria, Kyiv gets a yellow level of threat, so all basic anti-epidemic measures in the capital remain in force. This includes mandatory mask-wearing in public transport and inside public establishments and no more than one person per 5 square meters during mass events. Cinemas must work at half-capacity. In addition, it is banned to visit care facilities for the elderly.
Ukraine’s daily new COVID-19 cases and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, the most accurate way of diagnosing the novel coronavirus, between Aug. 25 and Sept. 30, 2020. (Kyiv Post)
