Ukraine has registered 8,752 new COVID-19 cases as of 9 a.m. on Oct. 31, bringing the total number of cases in the country since the start of the pandemic to 387,481.
In the past 24 hours, 155 people have died, 3,902 have recovered and 1,190 were hospitalized.
A total of 158,928 patients have recovered and 7,196 have died since the beginning of the pandemic.
There are currently 221,357 active cases of COVID-19 across Ukraine.
In the past 24 hours, the largest numbers of new cases have been recorded in the city of Kyiv (781), Donetsk Oblast (749), Kharkiv Oblast (622), Lviv Oblast (514), and Odesa Oblast (507).
Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries from Sept. 16 to Oct. 30, 2020. All data were released by the Ministry of Health.
In the past 24 hours, Ukrainian laboratories have carried out 46,007 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and 29,791 antibody tests.
Ukraine aims to conduct at least 50,000 PCR tests a day by mid-November and reach a milestone of 70,000 a day by the end of the year, according to Health Minister Maksym Stepanov.
Ukraine’s daily new COVID-19 cases and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, the most accurate way of diagnosing the novel coronavirus, between Sept. 16 and Oct. 30, 2020.
The Cabinet of Ministers has extended the country’s quarantine restrictions until Dec. 31 due to an upsurge of new coronavirus cases.
Starting on Oct. 26, 40 Ukrainian cities and 60 regions have entered the strictest “red” quarantine zone, including cities like Ivano-Frankivsk, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Rivne, Sumy, Ternopil, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Chernivtsi and Chernihiv, the government said on Oct. 23.
On Nov. 2, the list of the “red” cities and regions will be updated and will include Zhytomyr, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi, Rivne, Khmelnytskyi, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Uzhgorod, Mykolaiv, Poltava and Sumy, the government announced on Oct. 30.
Ukraine’s capital Kyiv moved on Oct. 12 from the “yellow” to the “orange” quarantine zone, where it remains to this day, due to the growing COVID-19 infection rate and crowding of hospitals. However, the measures in place are stricter than required by the orange zone to prevent the spread of the virus.
In Kyiv, gyms and cultural establishments are required to close, while restaurants are not allowed to work past 10 p.m. Mass events will be canceled until the epidemiological situation improves.
It is now forbidden to hold mass events of over 50 people in “green zone” regions, over 30 people in “yellow zone” regions and over 20 people in the “orange zone.” In all these zones, participants must be at least 1.5 meters apart.
