Ukraine has registered 6,113 new cases of COVID-19 as of 9 a.m. on Dec. 27, bringing the total number of cases in the country since the start of the pandemic to 1,025,989.
Currently, there are 349,677 active cases across the country. In the past 24 hours, 1,674 people were hospitalized, while 6,621 have recovered.
Ukraine has registered 72 deaths in the past 24 hours. A total of 658,538 patients have recovered and 17,774 have died in Ukraine since the beginning of the pandemic.
The largest numbers of new cases have been recorded in the city of Kyiv (718), Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (537), Odesa Oblast (515), Zaporizhia Oblast (453) and Mykolaiv Oblast (414).
In the past 24 hours, Ukrainian laboratories have carried out 19,543 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and 5,435 antibody tests. Over 5.4 million PCR tests have been conducted since the start of the pandemic.
On Dec. 26, Deputy Health Minister Viktor Lyashko, Ukraine’s top sanitary doctor, announced on Facebook that almost 70% of all hospital bed allocated for COVID-19 patients are now equipped with oxygen.
Ukraine has a total of 64,349 beds set aside for treating COVID, and 44,436 of them are equipped with oxygen. Currently, 29,487 of the oxygen-equipped beds remain free.
About 55-60% of people who are hospitalized with COVID-19 require oxygen treatment.
As of Dec. 21, almost 41% of hospital beds allocated for COVID-19 patients have been occupied.
Daily infections, deaths and recoveries from Nov. 1 to Dec. 26.
On Dec. 22, Ukraine approved its national vaccination program against COVID-19, which will begin in the first quarter of 2021 and take place in four stages. The country has not yet received vaccines against the coronavirus.
On Dec. 14, Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers approved new pandemic restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the country. Starting on Dec. 19, Ukraine forbids holding mass events in educational institutions that involve more than one group or class, as well as holding celebrations, banquets, master classes, and public events in entertainment venues and restaurants.
Payment transactions in restaurants will only be allowed until 10 p.m.
The government will also ban having more than one person per 10 square meters in museums, exhibitions, and galleries. Holding religious events indoors with more than one person per 5 square meters or outdoors if there is not 1.5 meter in between participants also won’t be allowed.
Previous restrictions will also remain in force. In particular, Ukrainians must wear masks in public transport and public spaces and carry identification when outside their homes. The number of passengers in all public transport besides the metro must be limited to the number of available seats. Cinemas and other cultural venues can only be filled to half-capacity, while gyms and fitness centers can operate if they have less than one person per 20 square meters.
On Dec. 17, the Ukrainian parliament passed a law to fine business owners if their employees or customers don’t wear face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Daily PCR tests and new confirmed cases from Nov. 1 to Dec. 26.
