The number of officially confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ukraine has reached 9,009 as of 9:00 a.m. on April 27, according to Ukraine’s health ministry. In total, 220 people have died from the disease in Ukraine and 864 patients have recovered.
In the past 24 hours, Ukraine has identified 392 new COVID-19 cases.
Among the confirmed cases, there are 614 children and 1,749 medical workers. The majority of the infected, 6,176 people, are receiving outpatient treatment and 2,833 are in hospitals. In total, 110 have been placed on lung ventilators, including one child and seven medical workers.
Currently, the death rate is higher among men. Of 220 people who died from COVID-19 disease, 116 were men.
As of April 27, the largest number of coronavirus cases in Ukraine has been registered in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast (1,790 cases), Chernivtsi Oblast (1,375 cases), Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (761 cases), Ternopil Oblast (612 cases) and Rivne Oblast (522 cases).
Zakarpattia and Kharkiv oblasts also had the largest number of cases registered in one day, 46 and 49, respectively.
In the past 24 hours, Ukrainian laboratories have administered 4,251 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests. In total, 93,519 samples have been tested since the beginning of the outbreak. The actual number of people tested has not been disclosed.
Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said the goal is to increase the number of tests to at least 8,000 per day.
“For that, we are strengthening the capacity of laboratories and training lab assistants,” he said at the briefing on April 27.
In addition, he said that regional laboratories had received some 4,500 Ukraine-made PCR test systems, which is sufficient for testing 450,000 samples.
Stepanov also said that the health ministry had adjusted the rules governing mandatory quarantine for people returning from abroad. Today, they have a choice to self-isolate at home for 14 days, but have to download a mobile tracking application. Otherwise, they can stay under observation in one of the sites designated by the government.
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CORONAVIRUS IN UKRAINE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- As of April 27: 220 people have died from COVID-19 in Ukraine; 864 people have recovered.
- 9,009 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ukraine as of April 27. The first case was identified on March 3.
- Ukraine has extended its quarantine measures until May 11.
- 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.
