4,095 New Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Ukraine

million cases of coronavirus COVID-19 have already been registered in Ukraine, an increase of 4,000 per day on May 17, almost twice as many as the day before. The number of fatalities per day more than doubled against the figure the day before – 285. This was reported by the data of the Minister of Health Maxim Stepanov on Facebook.

Kyiv. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – May 18, 2021 – Health

In Ukraine, for the past 24hrs, on May 17, 4,095 new cases of COVID-19 were detected, including 235 children and 162 health workers. Also, 17,751 patients recovered and 285 died from complications. 999 people were admitted to hospitals with suspected or confirmed cases.

The number of those who recovered in a day far exceeded the number of patients. This trend has been observed for the last three weeks.

Most new cases were found in Donetsk (428), Rivne (425), Kyiv (425), Poltava (275), and Zaporizhia (265) oblasts.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, 2,160,095 cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Ukraine, of which 1,882,344 people have recovered and 48,469 have died from complications. 229,282 Ukrainians remain active patients – 13,941 people less than last day.

Coronavirus test in Ukraine

Over the past 24hrs, the laboratories performed 61,110 tests for coronavirus: by PCR – 30,693, by ELISA – 13,378. They also performed 17,039 rapid tests for the antigen to the virus.

Over 9.8 million PCR tests have been performed in Ukraine so far.

The number of cases in the regions per day and number of vaccinations:

the city of Kyiv – 425 cases / 1,963 vaccinations;

Vinnytsia region – 44 cases / 400 vaccinations;

Volyn region – 135 cases / 481 vaccinations;

Dnipropetrovsk region – 220 cases / 893 vaccinations;

Donetsk region – 428 cases / 1,072 vaccinations;

Zhytomyr region – 30 cases / 571 vaccinations;

Transcarpathian – 58 cases / 628 vaccinations;

Zaporozhye region – 265 cases / 818 vaccinations;

Ivano-Frankivsk region – 73 cases / 726 vaccinations;

Kyiv region – 229 cases / 582 vaccinations;

Kirovohrad region – 40 cases / 531 vaccinations;

Luhansk region – 111 cases / 372 vaccinations;

Lviv region – 118 cases / 1,091 vaccinations;

Mykolaiv region – 186 cases / 682 vaccinations;

Odessa region – 148 cases / 725 vaccinations;

Poltava region – 275 cases / 422 vaccinations;

Rivne region – 425 cases / 428 vaccinations;

Sumy region – 113 cases / 447 vaccinations;

Ternopil region – 65 cases / 714 vaccinations;

Kharkiv region – 259 cases / 962 vaccinations;

Kherson region – 28 cases / 379 vaccinations;

Khmelnytsky region – 103 cases / 792 vaccinations;

Cherkasy region – 180 cases / 616 vaccinations;

Chernivtsi region – 74 cases / 522 vaccinations;

Chernihiv region – 63 cases / 415 vaccinations.

Data from the temporarily occupied territories of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk oblasts, and the city of Sevastopol are missing.

According to Worldometer, a resource that monitors the situation with the coronavirus in the world, Ukraine ranks 16th in distribution and 18th in the number of deaths from COVID-19.

Source: Ukrgate