The number of officially confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ukraine has reached 24,012 as of 9 a.m. on June 1, according to Ukraine’s health ministry. In total, 718 people have died from the disease in Ukraine and 9,690 patients have recovered.
In the past 24 hours, Ukraine has identified 340 new COVID-19 cases, 10 people have died, 152 have recovered, and 97 people were hospitalized.
Among all confirmed cases, 1,725 are children and 4,621 are medical workers.
During his morning briefing on June 1, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said that Ukraine has carried out 6,622 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests in the past 24 hours. In total, Ukraine has conducted 363,187 tests to date, according to the Center for Public Health.
In addition, laboratories across the country carried out 1,393 antibody tests (IFA) for COVID-19.
The government signed a decree to launch mass antibody testing for COVID-19 on May 19, which is free for people with COVID-19 symptoms, those who came into contact with infected patients and people who are in risk groups, such as medical workers and the police. Unlike the diagnostic PCR test, the antibody test shows whether a person had the coronavirus in the past and developed some immunity against it.
Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries from May 1 to May 31, 2020. All data were released by the Ministry of Health.
Chernivtsi Oblast in western Ukraine remains the worst-hit region in Ukraine, with 3,377 confirmed cases.
It is followed by the city of Kyiv with 3,043 cases, Rivne Oblast with 1,770 cases, and Kyiv Oblast with 1,600 cases. These numbers indicate the total cases confirmed since the beginning of the pandemic, not just active ones.
On June 1, Ukraine is scheduled to enter the third stage of easing COVID-19 restrictions under the “adaptive quarantine” plan. According to this plan, the government will ease restrictions every 10 days for oblasts that meet certain criteria up until June 22, the current expiration date for the quarantine. Those criteria include the steady decline in new confirmed coronavirus cases, a growing number of recovered patients, and bed occupancy rates in hospitals treating COVID-19 patients.
In stage three, Ukrainian oblasts that meet the requirements set by the Ministry of Health will be allowed to open gyms and swimming pools, resume passenger railway and bus travel between oblasts and relaunch certain educational classes — like driving lessons — in groups of no more than 10 people.
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 May 31, 2020. All data were published by the Ministry of Health.
