Ukraine has registered 9,946 new COVID-19 cases as of 9 a.m. on Nov. 30, bringing the total number of cases in the country since the start of the pandemic to 732,625.
In the past 24 hours, 114 people have died of COVID-19 and 1,161 were hospitalized, while 5,771 have recovered.
A total of 345,149 patients have recovered and 12,327 have died in Ukraine since the beginning of the pandemic. There are currently 375,149 active cases of COVID-19 across the country.
In the past 24 hours, the largest numbers of new cases have been recorded in the city of Kyiv (1,460), Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (1,138), and Odesa Oblast (818).
Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries from Oct. 16 to Nov. 29, 2020. All data were released by the Ministry of Health.
In the past 24 hours, Ukrainian laboratories have carried out 26,290 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and 5,611 antibody tests. Over 4.5 million PCR tests have been conducted since the start of the pandemic.
As the daily case numbers and the death rate have increased in the past months, the Ukrainian government is considering imposing a strict lockdown in December. Still, there has not been any official decision yet.
A full lockdown is an option should the health care system come close to collapse, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said on Nov. 23. According to him, that may happen when the country hits 25,000-30,000 daily coronavirus cases.
During a briefing on Nov. 27, Stepanov said that there are currently 55,886 hospital beds designated for COVID-19 patients and 49.9% of them are currently occupied.
“The situation is under control, our medical system is coping with it,” he said.
However, the government has struggled to stem the spread of the virus while avoiding causing harm to the economy and Ukrainian businesses.
“The introduction of any quarantine restrictions is intended solely to stop the (increasing) numbers of sick patients and, in this way, to relieve the pressure on our medical system,” Stepanov said during a briefing on Nov. 25.
Ukraine’s daily new COVID-19 cases and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, the most accurate way of diagnosing the novel coronavirus, between Oct. 16 and Nov. 29, 2020
