• Українською
  • Update on the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus infection
    Ministry of Health of Ukraine, posted 21 October 2020 09:55

    According to the Public Health Center of Ukraine, as of October 21, in Ukraine there have been officially confirmed 315, 826 COVID-19 cases, 132,219 people recovered, 5,927 patients died. During the 24 hours, 6,719 new cases have been officially confirmed.

    During the 24 hours in Ukraine:

    14,112 people with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 are in hospital;

    1,009 people (including 30 children) were hospitalized, including 63 health workers;

    456 people undergo lung ventilation treatment;

    2686 people (147 children) have recovered, including 221 medical workers;

    141 deaths (0 children), including 1 nurse reported;

    2,880,105 samples were tested using the PCR method.

    As of October 21, coronavirus disease was registered:

    • Vinnytsia region – 8 644 cases;
    • Volyn region – 11 367 cases;
    • Dnipropetrovsk region – 11 705 cases;
    • Donetsk region – 7 629 cases;
    • Zhytomyr region – 10 634 cases;
    • Zakarpattia region – 12 112 cases;
    • Zaporizhia region – 6 784 cases;
    • Ivano-Frankivsk region – 17 214 cases;
    • Kirovohrad region – 1 697 cases;
    • Kyiv – 31 869 cases;
    • Kyiv region – 13 419 cases;
    • Lviv region – 25 702 cases;
    • Luhansk region – 2 686 cases;
    • Mykolaiv region – 6 256 cases;
    • Odesa region – 19 957 cases;
    • Poltava region – 6 880 cases;
    • Rivne region – 16 428 cases;
    • Sumy region – 9 509;
    • Ternopil region – 17 970;
    • Kharkiv region – 30 272;
    • Kherson region – 2 739;
    • Khmelnytsky region – 11 561;
    • Chernivtsi region – 18 314;
    • Cherkasy region – 7 314;
    • Chernihiv region – 7 164.

    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.