Ukraine has recorded 848 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as of 9 a.m. on July 16.
At the moment, there are 26,079 active cases in the country. The total number of infections identified in Ukraine since the start of the pandemic stands at 56,455; a total of 28,931 citizens have recovered and 1,445 have died of the disease.
Of all cases registered in Ukraine, 4,003 are children and 7,591 are medical workers.
In the past 24 hours, Ukraine recorded 18 new deaths from COVID-19, 226 patients have been hospitalized and 800 have recovered. The highest numbers of new cases were registered Lviv Oblast (197), Kyiv (116), Rivne Oblast (70), and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (64).
Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries from May 1 to July 15, 2020. All data were released by the Ministry of Health.
A total of 13,013, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests were administered across the country during the past 24 hours. In addition, Ukrainian laboratories carried out 14,400 antibody tests (ELISA), Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said at his morning briefing on July 16.
Because the number of cases in the country is still high, Ukraine cannot lift all quarantine restrictions on July 31, as was previously planned. In an interview with the RBK-Ukraine news outlet on July 15, Ukrainian Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said Ukraine will extend the COVID-19 quarantine until at least September.
Globally, the number of COVID-19 cases has reached over 13.6 million as of July 16; over 586,896 people have died and 8.1 million patients have recovered.
The United States, Brazil, India, and Russia have the highest numbers of cases.
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 July 15, 2020.
CORONAVIRUS IN UKRAINE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- As of 9 a.m. on July 16: 1,445 people have died from COVID-19 in Ukraine and 28,931 have recovered.
- 56,455 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Ukraine as of July 16. 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
- How the Ukrainian government has been responding: TIMELINE
- 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.
- With international travel on hold, Ukrainians prepare to travel across Ukraine
- TripsGuard website tracks coronavirus travel restrictions in 84 nations.
- Where to buy masks.
