Information on the incidence of COVID-19 and vaccination campaigns

Ministry of Health of Ukraine, posted 20 September 2022 12:38

For the period from 12.09 to 18.09 in Ukraine:

• 36,683 new confirmed cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease were recorded (of which 5,628 were children, 869 were medical workers);

• 62,617 people were vaccinated against COVID-19. During the reporting week, 32.3% of all vaccinations fall into first doses, 7.9% - second doses, 57.1% - first booster doses, and 2.6% - second booster doses.

Also for the past week there were recorded:

• hospitalized – 6,273 persons,

• died – 90,

• recovered - 17,430.

Throughout the entire pandemic in Ukraine:

• caught the virus – 5,133,080 people,

• recovered – 4,964,726,

• fatal cases – 109,045,

• 31,896,742 tests were conducted (by PCR and express methods).

Since the beginning of the vaccination campaign, 16,085,581 people have been vaccinated, of which 15,306,559 people received two doses, 2,090,796 people received the first booster dose, and 20,214 people received the second booster dose.

It is important that about 780,000 people did not receive the second dose, and about 13.2 million received the first booster dose.

That is why we remind you of the need to protect yourself against the traditional increase in the number of cases of the disease. After all, vaccination is the only effective way to reduce the risks of hospitalization and death due to the coronavirus disease.