Ukraine has registered 8,997 new cases of COVID-19 as of 9 a.m. on Jan. 7, bringing the total number of cases in the country since the start of the pandemic to nearly 1.1 million.
In the past 24 hours, 11,316 have recovered and 148 have died.
A total of 773,214 patients have recovered and 19,505 have died in Ukraine since the beginning of the pandemic.
In the past 24 hours, Ukrainian laboratories have carried out 37,287 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and 17,151 antibody tests. Over 5.7 million PCR tests have been conducted since the start of the pandemic.
Ukraine’s daily new COVID-19 cases and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, the most accurate way of diagnosing the novel coronavirus, between Dec. 1, 2020 and Jan. 6, 2021.
The largest numbers of new cases have been recorded in the city of Kyiv (731), Odesa Oblast (694), Kharkiv Oblast (599), Donetsk Oblast (572), and Zaporizhia Oblast (509).
The Ministry of Health is planning to impose a lockdown from Jan. 8 through Jan. 24 when it expects the burden on the country’s hospitals to increase due to COVID-19 and flu cases. The lockdown shuts down all but essential businesses. Unaffected are pharmacies, groceries, gas stations, banks, postal operators, public transport, domestic/international travel and hotels.
Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries from Dec. 1, 2020 to Jan. 6, 2021. All data were released by the Ministry of Health.
Here’s a full list of businesses that will be closed.
On Dec. 30, the President’s Office stated that Ukraine’s Ministry of Health had signed a contract for the country to receive 1.9 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine produced by China’s Sinovac Biotech “in the shortest possible term.” Each dose will be purchased for Hr 504 (just under $18).
