COVID-19 in Ukraine: 3,497 new cases, 63 dead, 99,359 active cases

Ukraine has registered 3,497 new COVID-19 cases as of 9 a.m. on Sept. 23. In the past 24 hours, 63 people have died, a record-breaking 711 were hospitalized and a record-breaking 1,769 patients have recovered.

There are currently 99,359 active cases across the country.

The largest numbers of new cases were recorded in Kharkiv Oblast (403), Ternopil Oblast (337), the city of Kyiv, Odesa Oblast (287) and Lviv Oblast (252).

In the past 24 hours, laboratories carried out 22,895 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and 22,262 antibody tests.

Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries from Aug. 1 to Sept. 22, 2020. All data were released by the Ministry of Health.

The total number of COVID-19 cases in Ukraine since the start of the pandemic stands at 184,734. A total of 81,670 patients have recovered and 3,705 have died.

According to Minister of Health Maksym Stepanov, the ministry has introduced changes to COVID-19 testing rules. From now on, there is no need to do another PCR test for patients recovering from COVID-19 at home after 14 days of self-isolation if all symptoms of the disease are gone, Stepanov said during the briefing on Sept. 19.

On Sept. 16, the Health Ministry said that a red level of epidemiological risk will be introduced in regions if the number of COVID-19 patients is more than five times higher than the nationwide average or if at least 75% of hospital beds are occupied for five days in a row.

From now on, decisions on introducing the red level will be made jointly by national and regional commissions for technological and environmental safety and emergencies. Previously such decisions were made only by the national authorities.

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Ukraine’s daily new COVID-19 cases and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, the most accurate way of diagnosing the novel coronavirus, between Aug. 16 and Sept. 22, 2020.