The number of officially confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ukraine has reached 37,241 as of 9 a.m. on June 22, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said at a morning press briefing.
Ukraine has identified 681 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, a decrease from the 735 new cases recorded the previous day.
Over the past 24 hours, 10 people have died of the coronavirus, bringing the total death toll from COVID-19 in the country up to 1,012.
Additionally, 133 patients have recovered, bringing country’s total number of recoveries to 16,642. Over the past 24 hours, 138 people have been hospitalized.
Among the new COVID-19 cases, 45 are children and 48 are medical workers. A total of 2,735 children and 6,046 medical workers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ukraine.
The regions with the highest number of newly registered cases are Lviv Oblast (200), Rivne Oblast (91) and Volyn Oblast (70).
Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries from May 1 to June 21, 2020. All data were released by the Ministry of Health.
During his morning briefing on June 22, Stepanov said that Ukraine had performed 7,831 COVID-19 tests in the past 24 hours. That includes 6,131 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and 1,700 antibody tests (IFA).
Since June 1, the Ukrainian government has begun to rapidly reopen the country’s economy, and the number of new COVID-19 cases has started to rise. On June 15, Ukraine reopened its borders and relaunched international passenger air travel.
“We all confused the easing of quarantine with the cancellation of all restrictions,” Stepanov said during his June 16 press conference, after he was asked why Ukraine is witnessing a rise in new COVID-19 cases.
“(People) are neglecting all recommendations of the health ministry,” he added.
Ukraine’s daily new COVID-19 cases and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, the most accurate way of diagnosing the novel coronavirus, between May 1 and June 21, 2020.
CORONAVIRUS IN UKRAINE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- As of 10 a.m. on June 21: 1,002 people have died from the disease in Ukraine and 16,509 have recovered.
- 36,560 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Ukraine as of June 20. The first case was identified on March 3.
- Ukraine entered the fourth stage of lifting quarantine on June 10.
- Indoor restaurants, domestic flights resumed on June 5, international flights on June 15
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- 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.
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