Ukraine has identified a record-breaking 1,271 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as of 9 a.m. on Aug. 5. There are currently 32,175 active cases across the country and 4,935 people are receiving treatment in hospitals, including 136 patients on lung ventilators.
In the past 24 hours, Ukraine has recorded 24 deaths from COVID-19, 914 people have recovered, but 293 patients were hospitalized, which is also a new daily record.
The largest numbers of new cases were registered in Lviv Oblast (156), Kyiv city (150), Kharkiv Oblast (146), Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (127) and Odesa Oblast (93). Of all new COVID-19 cases, 82 were diagnosed among children and 53 among medical workers.
Lviv Oblast leads Ukraine’s regions with the highest number of active cases per 100,000 people (292), followed by Zakarpattia Oblast (244.4) and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (232), according to the Public Health Center of Ukraine.
Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries from July 1 to Aug. 4, 2020. All data were released by the Ministry of Health.
The total number of infections identified in Ukraine since the start of the pandemic stands at 75,490. A total of 41,527 people have recovered and 1,788 have died of the disease.
In total, 17,519 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests were administered across the country during the past 24 hours. In addition, Ukrainian laboratories carried out 18,383 antibody tests (ELISA), Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said at his morning briefing on Aug. 5.
Ukraine’s daily new COVID-19 cases and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, the most accurate way of diagnosing the novel coronavirus, between July 1 and Aug. 4, 2020.
Since Aug. 3, new rules for COVID-19 quarantine have come into force in Ukraine: Communities, rather than entire regions, are now divided into green, yellow, orange and red levels of severity of COVID-19 spread. The authorities in districts, cities and towns will have to tighten or relax quarantine restrictions in accordance with these categorizations. The levels are based on four indicators that will be reviewed every five days.
Ukraine’s COVID-10 threat levels as of Aug. 5, 2020. (Public Health Center of Ukraine)
On Aug. 2, the health ministry released an updated list of “green” and “red” countries — those where the COVID-19 situation is better and worse than in Ukraine, respectively. Foreigners arriving in Ukraine from green zone countries have to present medical insurance covering COVID-19. Those coming from the red zone have to have medical insurance and either take a PCR test or self-quarantine for 14 days with the tracking app Diy Vdoma.
CORONAVIRUS IN UKRAINE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Ukraine introduced four COVID-19 threat levels for cities, communities
- Ukraine extended the so-called “adaptive quarantine” until August 31.
- 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.
