The number of officially confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ukraine has reached 897 as of 10 p.m. on April 2, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Health.
Twenty-two people have been killed by the disease, an increase of two since the morning of April 2.
Nineteen people have recovered from the virus as of 10 p.m. of April 2, adding six since the previous report on the morning of April 2.
In total, 93 new cases of COVID-19 have been registered in Ukraine since the morning of April 2.
Apart from that, the very first confirmed COVID-19 case has been recorded in Ukraine’s Armed Forces.
On April 2, the military medical command said that an unidentified female doctor from the Khmelnytsky Military Hospital was hospitalized with pneumonia on April 1 and tested positive for COVID-19 later in the day.
As of the morning of April 2, the largest number of coronavirus cases in Ukraine were registered in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast (224 cases) and in Chernivtsi Oblast (143 cases), Ternopil Oblast (106 cases) and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (74 cases).
Globally, COVID-19 has killed at least 51,283 people as of late April 1, and infected 998,767 people; 193,350 patients have recovered. The United States, Italy, China and Spain are struggling the most to curb the spread of the disease.
CORONAVIRUS IN UKRAINE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- As of early April 2: 22 people have died from COVID-19 in Ukraine; 3 Ukrainians died in Italy. 19 people have recovered.
- 897 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ukraine as of early April 2. The first case was identified on March 3.
- Ukraine has extended its quarantine measures until April 24.
- Infographic of quarantine measures in place until April 24.
- The measures shuttered most everything but hospitals, supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, gas stations, and other critical enterprises.
- How the Ukrainian government has been responding: TIMELINE
- Misinformation on coronavirus is going viral in Ukraine.
- Doctor’s advice: How to stay safe.
- Foreign Ministry: What you need to know about traveling to and from Ukraine now
- Why the Kyiv Post isn’t making its coverage free in the times of COVID-19.
- Coronavirus stops the Kyiv Post’s print edition for now.
- Where to buy masks.
Effects on the economy:
- COVID-19 is already inflicting harm on Ukraine’s economy.
- Invisible Threat Lurks Undetected: Top stories from March 27, 2020 PDF edition.
- The former minister of economy says half a million Ukrainians may lose their jobs in the COVID-19 crisis.
