Ukraine has identified 856 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as of 9 a.m. on July 23.
The largest numbers of new cases were registered in the city of Kyiv (112), Lviv Oblast (109), Ivano-Frankivska Oblast (76), and Rivne Oblast (71).
At the moment, there are 26,300 active cases in the country. The total number of infections identified in Ukraine since the start of the pandemic stands at 61,851. A total of 34,000 citizens have recovered and 1,551 have died of the disease.
Of all cases registered in Ukraine in the past 24 hours, 71 are children and 50 are medical workers.
In the past 24 hours, Ukraine has recorded 17 deaths from COVID-19, 178 patients have been hospitalized and 828 have recovered.
Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries from June 1 to July 22, 2020. All data were released by the Ministry of Health. (Bermet Talant)
In total, 14,498 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests were administered across the country during the past 24 hours. In addition, Ukrainian laboratories carried out 15,228 antibody tests (ELISA), Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said at his morning briefing on July 23.
Ukraine will extend its COVID-19 quarantine restrictions until August 31, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine indicated in a decree it issued on July 22. The country will be divided into four epidemiological zones (green, yellow, orange and red) depending on the COVID-19 situation in different Ukrainian oblasts.
The decision for an oblast to move from one zone to another will be made by the State Commission on Environmental Safety and Emergency Situations in order to ensure the decision is not motivated by politics in the run-up to local elections in October, according to Stepanov.
Currently, four drugs produced by Ukrainian pharmaceutical companies are undergoing clinical trials, Stepanov said during the briefing on April 22. These drugs may be useful in treating COVID-19, but their effectiveness is, so far, unproven.
Globally, the number of COVID-19 cases has reached over 15.3 million as of July 23; over 630,000 people have died and more than 9.3 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 22, 2020.
CORONAVIRUS IN UKRAINE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- As of 9 a.m. on July 23: 1,551 people have died from COVID-19 in Ukraine and 34,000 have recovered.
- 61,851 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Ukraine as of July 23. 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.
