Ukraine has identified 1,453 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as of 9 a.m. on Aug. 7, the third daily record in a row. There are currently 34,354 active cases across the country, and 5,098 people are receiving treatment in hospitals, including 143 patients on lung ventilators
In the past 24 hours, Ukraine has recorded a record-breaking 33 deaths from COVID-19, 280 patients have been hospitalized and 531 people recovered.
“You see that the numbers amaze us every day. Practically every day we break an anti-record. Let’s think about our attitude towards the quarantine rules imposed in the country,” Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said at his morning briefing on Aug. 7.
Stepanov also said that the disease is becoming more severe, according to the doctors.
“We have a lot of complicated cases, the course of the disease began to change. It is very difficult to recover from this disease,” Stepanov said.
The largest numbers of new cases were registered in Kyiv city (186), Odesa Oblast (156), Lviv Oblast (152), Kharkiv Oblast (146) and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (131). Of all new COVID-19 cases, 103 were diagnosed among children and 93 among medical workers.
Lviv Oblast leads the tally with the highest number of active cases per 100,000 people (297.4), followed by Zakarpattia Oblast (244.1) and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (240.8), according to the Public Health Center of Ukraine.
Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries from July 1 to Aug. 6, 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 78,261. A total of 43,055 people have recovered and 1,852 have died of the disease.
In total, 18,410 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests were administered across the country during the past 24 hours. In addition, Ukrainian laboratories carried out 17,309 antibody tests (ELISA), according to Stapanov.
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. 6, 2020. (Bermet Talant)
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. 7, 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.
