For the fourth day in a row, Ukraine reported a record number of new COVID-19 cases.
Ministry of Health reported 4,661 new coronavirus cases as of 10 a.m. on Oct. 3, bringing the national total to 222,322. The country’s daily cases surpassed 4,000 on Sept. 29 and have been growing since.
There are currently 119,232 active cases in the country. This number has increased tenfold since June 15 — by that date, the Ukrainian government had lifted most restrictions, reopened public transport, businesses, train, and air travel.
In the past 24 hours, 877 people have been admitted to hospitals. A total of 16,076 patients with COVID-19 are receiving treatment in hospitals, which points to the increasing severity of illness, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said at the morning briefing on Oct. 3. In his words, 54% of hospital beds designated for COVID-19 patients are occupied out of the total available of 29,827.
In the past 24 hours, 92 people have died. This is the highest number of deaths record in one day reported in Ukraine since the beginning of the pandemic. The total death toll stands at 4,353.
In the past 24 hours, 2,146 patients recovered, bringing the total tally of recoveries to 98,737.
While western Ukraine has long been the epicenter of the outbreak, the pandemic is rapidly expanding to the east. The largest numbers of new cases have been recorded in Kharkiv Oblast (516, including 408 in Kharkiv), the city of Kyiv (441), Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (297, including 242 in Dnipro), Odesa Oblast (310, including 206 in Odesa) and Sumy Oblast (231, including 178 in Sumy). Over 210 cases have been recorded in Donetsk, Poltava, and Khmelnytsky oblasts.
In the past 24 hours, laboratories have carried out 24,915 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and 22,102 antibody tests.
Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries from Aug. 23 to Oct.2, 2020. All data were released by the Ministry of Health. (Kyiv Post)
Ukraine’s daily new COVID-19 cases and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, the most accurate way of diagnosing the novel coronavirus, between Aug. 25 and Oct. 2, 2020. (Kyiv Post)
