Ukraine has a new daily record of 4,633 registered COVID-19 cases as of 9 a.m. on Oct. 2. In the past 24 hours, 68 people have died, 801 have been hospitalized and 2,193 patients have recovered.
There are currently 116,809 active cases across the country.
The largest numbers of new cases have been recorded in Kharkiv Oblast (460), the city of Kyiv (447), Dnipro Oblast (334), Odesa Oblast (280), and Khmelnytskyi Oblast (244).
In the past 24 hours, laboratories have carried out 29,527 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and 21,207 antibody tests.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Ukraine since the start of the pandemic stands at 217,661. A total of 96,591 patients have recovered and 4,261 have died.
Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries from Aug. 23 to Oct. 1, 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 is now in the 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 five 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 Oct. 1, 2020. (Kyiv Post)
