Update on the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus infection

Аccording to the Public Health Center of Ukraine, as of September 16, in Ukraine there have been officially confirmed 162,660 COVID-19 cases, 72,324 people recovered, 3,340 patients died. A total of 1,925,482 samples in Ukraine were tested using PCR method.

During the 24 hours, 2,958 new cases have been confirmed and 1,514 patients have recovered.

As of September 16, coronavirus disease was registered:

• Vinnytsia region – 4,976 cases;
• Volyn region – 6,504 cases;
• Dnipropetrovsk region – 3,539 cases;
• Donetsk region – 2,180 cases;
• Zhytomyr region – 4,543 cases;
• Zakarpattia region – 8,829 cases;
• Zaporizhia region – 2,591 cases;
• Ivano-Frankivsk region – 11,677 cases;
• Kirovohrad region - 934 cases;
• Kyiv – 18,070 cases;
• Kyiv region – 7,207 cases;
• Lviv region – 17,430 cases;
• Luhansk region - 653 cases;
• Mykolaiv region – 2,171 cases;
• Odesa region – 10,277 cases;
• Poltava region – 1,307 cases;
• Rivne region – 10,707 cases;
• Sumy region – 2,640;
• Ternopil region – 10,004;
• Kharkiv region – 13,432;
• Kherson region – 702;
• Khmelnytsky region – 4,133;
• Chernivtsi region – 12,493;
• Cherkasy region – 2,739;
• Chernihiv region – 2,922.

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.