COVID-19 in Ukraine: 1,433 new infections, 1,970 dead, 36,892 active cases - Aug. 12, 2020

Ukraine has identified 1,433 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as of 9 a.m. on Aug. 12. There are currently 36,892 active cases across the country.

In the past 24 hours, Ukraine has recorded 19 deaths from COVID-19, 288 patients have been hospitalized and 752 people have recovered.

“We see that the number of infected people is growing and this is a tendency we observe all around the world,” Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said at his morning briefing on Aug. 12.

The largest numbers of new cases were registered in the city of Kyiv (182), Lviv Oblast (166), Kharkiv Oblast (139), Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (128), and Chernivtsy Oblast (113).

Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries from July 1 to Aug. 11, 2020. All data were released by the Ministry of Health.

Of all new COVID-19 cases, 116 were diagnosed among children and 65 among medical workers.

The total number of infections identified in the country since the start of the pandemic stands at 84,548. A total of 45,686 people have recovered and 1,970 have died of the disease.

In total, 19,380 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests were administered across the country during the past 24 hours, Stepanov said during a briefing on Aug. 12. Additionally, Ukrainian laboratories carried out 18,107 antibody tests (ELISA).

“You can see that we are increasing the number of tests performed. At the very beginning of the pandemic (in Ukraine) in early April, we used to do 200 tests a day. Now, it is 19,000,” said Stepanov.

“We will be accelerating the testing to get a better picture of the situation,” he continued.

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. 11, 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.

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