Update on the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus infection

Аccording to the Public Health Center of Ukraine, as of August 17, in Ukraine there have been officially confirmed 92,820 COVID-19 cases, 48,164 people recovered, 2,098 patients died. During the 24 hours, 1,464 new cases have been confirmed.

A total of 1,300,289 samples in Ukraine were tested using PCR method. During the 24 hours, 342 people have recovered.

As of August 17, coronavirus disease was registered:

• Vinnytsia region – 3, 234 cases;
• Volyn region – 4,707 cases;
• Dnipropetrovsk region – 1,750 cases;
• Donetsk region – 1,094 cases;
• Zhytomyr region – 2,479 cases;
• Zakarpattia region – 6,329 cases;
• Zaporizhia region – 1,118 cases;
• Ivano-Frankivsk region – 6,790 cases;
• Kirovohrad region - 743 cases;
• Kyiv – 10,642 cases;
• Kyiv region – 4,554 cases;
• Lviv region – 12,079 cases;
• Luhansk region - 184 cases;
• Mykolaiv region - 819 cases;
• Odesa region – 5,062 cases;
• Poltava region - 557 cases;
• Rivne region – 7,716 cases;
• Sumy region – 891;
• Ternopil region – 3,817;
• Kharkiv region – 6,156;
• Kherson region – 301;
• Khmelnytsky region – 1,618;
• Chernivtsi region – 7,782;
• Cherkasy region – 1,165;
• Chernihiv region – 1,233.

Data from the temporarily occupied territories of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk regions and the city of Sevastopol are not available. The studies were conducted by the Virology Reference Laboratory of the Public Health Center of Ukraine, as well as by regional laboratories.