Update on the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus infection

Ministry of Health of Ukraine, posted 18 March 2021 08:46

According to the Public Health Center of Ukraine, as of March 18, in Ukraine there have been officially confirmed 15,053 (744 children out of this number, 425 healthcare workers) new cases of COVID-19 infection. The number of active cases makes up 230,633.

Since the beginning of the immunization campaign, 81,755 people have been vaccinated, of whom 81,755 have received 1 dose, and 0 have completed vaccination (received 2 doses).

On March 17, 2021, 9,832 people were vaccinated against COVID-19, of which 9,832 persons were vaccinated with 1 dose, vaccination was completed (2 doses) - 0 people.

Vaccination was being held by 193 mobile immunization teams.

During the last 24 hours, there have been hospitalized 4,376 persons, 267 patients died, 6,514 persons recovered. There have been conducted 118,780 testing (53,039 using the PCR method,  21,782 using the ELISA method and research by rapid tests for antigen to SARS-CoV-2 – 43,959).

During the entire pandemic in Ukraine:

  • 1504076 persons contracted COVID-19 infection;
  • 1244190 people recovered;
  • 29253 people died;
  • 7520147 testing have been conducted.

The number of people with coronavirus disease in regions:

Region

Confirmed

Registered death

Recovered

total

during 24 hours

total

during 24 hours

total

during 24 hours

Ukraine

1504076

15053

29253

267

1244190

6514

Kyiv city

149923

1092

2991

30

100423

543

Vinnytsia

48814

751

822

15

31236

282

Volyn

43258

330

694

6

39025

179

Dnipropetrovsk

80874

655

2160

12

71576

441

Donetsk

51935

651

1160

26

45750

133

Zhytomyr

62203

1398

1003

10

47596

455

Zakarpattia

48933

614

1146

14

35611

355

Zaporizhia

73093

428

1279

14

67438

217

Ivano-Frankivsk

74693

559

1490

19

55511

490

Kyiv

84467

727

1398

18

73625

539

Kirovohrad

11640

149

423

1

8583

39

Luhansk

15920

74

498

1

14515

21

Lviv

90100

1092

2442

12

74026

407

Mykolayiv

47094

424

897

9

39790

191

Odesa

94872

997

1587

16

81505

81

Poltava

49560

394

1052

6

43823

93

Rivne

52497

390

667

8

48952

264

Sumy

52374

570

747

5

47828

148

Ternopil

48134

692

673

7

41655

353

Kharkiv

92242

732

1766

16

80305

254

Kherson

22547

96

671

1

20802

53

Khmelnytsky

54616

800

987

4

47464

451

Cherkasy

51974

367

686

1

47230

125

Chernivtsi

64014

596

1207

10

47615

243

Chernihiv

38299

475

807

6

32306

157

 

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.

The Ministry of Healthcare of Ukraine urges when having the first symptoms of respiratory illnesses to call a family doctor. Stay home! Self-isolation is the most efficient way to protect yourself from infection.