Ukraine has registered 9,590 new cases of COVID-19 as of 9 a.m. on April 28, bringing the total number of cases in the country since the start of the pandemic to 2.02 million.
In the past 24 hours, 20,062 COVID-19 patients have recovered and 441 have died.
Since the start of the pandemic, 43,391 people have died in Ukraine and more than 1.6 million people have recovered from the disease.
Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries from March 1, 2021 to April 27, 2021. All data was released by the Ministry of Health.
The largest numbers of new cases have been recorded in Kyiv Oblast (1,070), Kharkiv Oblast (818), Donetsk Oblast (811), Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (584) and Lviv Oblast (530).
Ukrainian laboratories have carried out 43,841 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and 39,782 antibody tests in the past 24 hours. Over 9.2 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 March 1, 2021 and April 27, 2021. All data was released by the Ministry of Health.
In the past 24 hours, 3,623 patients were hospitalized with COVID-19. On average, 3,500-4,500 Ukrainians per day were hospitalized with the coronavirus in April.
Ukraine’s health system can handle no more than 7,000 daily hospitalizations, deputy health minister and chief sanitary doctor Viktor Lyashko said on April 10.
Vaccination
Vaccination in Ukraine began on Feb. 24 and by April 26, a total of 558,714 people have received the first dose of the vaccine. Only nine people received two doses of the vaccine so far (of whom, two people received one dose abroad); 19,590 people were vaccinated in Ukraine on April 27.
Ukraine received a new batch of AstraZeneca vaccines produced in South Korea on April 23. These 326,200 doses will mostly be used for people aged 60 and older, as well as for people who already received the first dose.
The Health Ministry accepts online and telephone applications from Ukrainians who want to be put on the waiting list for the vaccine. As of April 24, Ukraine is in the second stage of the vaccination campaign, inoculating medical staff, military, and people over 80 years old. However, people who fall outside these categories may be able to receive surplus doses.
The number of daily COVID-19 vaccinations in Ukraine since the vaccination campaign started on Feb. 25. All data was released by the Ministry of Health
Ukraine’s medical system will be able to buy more vaccines and equipment to store and transport them thanks to an $89 million loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Deputy Minister of Health Svitlana Shatalova said during the morning briefing on April 22.
Ukraine currently administers vaccines from three producers: AstraZeneca, SinoVac and Pfizer.
The country received 500,000 doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine in February and already used up most of it.
Ukraine also received 215,000 doses of SinoVac’s Chinese-made CoronaVac vaccine and expects to receive 1.7 million doses more. Only certain groups can get a CoronaVac jab, including people with disabilities and those who take care of them, Ukrainians involved in organizing university entrance exams that take place in May-July, Olympic and Paralympic athletes and police officers.
Starting April 14, Ukraine also began administering 117,000 doses of the American-made Pfizer vaccine to nursing homes, customs employees and emergency services.
The Deputy Minister of Health of Ukraine for Digital Development, Digital Transformations and Digitization, Yaroslav Kucher announced during the Ministry of Health’s daily morning briefing on April 28 that the Ministry of Health published a new website with all information regarding vaccinations in Ukraine. Those with questions can visit vaccination.covid19.gov.ua, where the information is available in both Ukrainian and English.
Lockdown
Since March 20, Kyiv has been under a lockdown in response to the rising number of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations. On April 5, the capital shut down all schools and kindergartens. Public transport, including the subway, allows only passengers who work in critical infrastructure, with special permits from the city.
The lockdown will run throughout April 30.
Ukraine remains in adaptive quarantine, where each oblast is assigned one of four epidemiological levels, depending on the COVID-19 situation there. There are green, yellow, orange and red levels. A red status means that a lockdown will be imposed locally.
Ten regions are in the red zone – Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast, Zhytomyr Oblast, Zaporizhia Oblast, Mykolaiv Oblast, Poltava Oblast, Sumy Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast, Khmelnytsky Oblast, Chernihiv Oblast and Chernivtsi Oblast.
In the Ministry of Health’s daily morning briefing on April 27, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said that Ukraine is gradually coming out of the third wave of coronavirus, with a significant drop in cases and hospitalization compared to the previous week.
Although we are seeing more stabilization Stepanov reminded Ukrainians to not completely relax and remind those of basic quarantine measures such as social distancing and wearing masks.
Stepanov also announced at the morning briefing that Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and the Cabinet of Ministers met with the religious organizations and churches to discuss quarantine measures for the upcoming Easter holidays such as not allowing the kissing of icons and crosses, and hosting gatherings in outdoor spaces.
