Daily rate of COVID-19 infections still high, with over 35,000 reported cases

The daily rate of COVID-19 infections in Ukraine remains very high. A day earlier, on Feb. 17, 33,330 Ukrainians were reported to have contracted the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.

Over the entire duration of the pandemic, a total of 4,672,198 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ukraine, of whom 3,896,009 have recovered, and 104,106 have died.

COVID-19 new cases, breakdown by region:

·       Kyiv City – 4,538;

·       Odesa Oblast – 3,587;

·       Dnipropetrovsk Oblast – 2,712;

·       Donetsk Oblast – 1,833;

·       Kharkiv Oblast – 1,800;

·       Zhytomyr Oblast – 1,706;

·       Poltava Oblast – 1,668;

·       Lviv Oblast – 1,490;

·       Zaporizhzhia Oblast – 1,405;

·       Khmelnytskyi Oblast – 1,354;

·       Kyiv Oblast – 1,316;

·       Cherkasy Oblast – 1,273;

·       Mykolaiv Oblast – 1,235;

·       Volyn Oblast – 1,118;

·       Sumy Oblast – 1,118;

·       Chernihiv Oblast – 1,114;

·       Kherson Oblast – 980;

·       Rivne Oblast – 824;

·       Luhansk Oblast – 748;

·       Vinnytsia Oblast – 687;

·       Ternopil Oblast – 608;

·       Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast – 536;

 ·     Kirovohrad Oblast – 461;

·       Zakarpattia Oblast – 446;

·       Chernivtsi Oblast – 381.

No data is available for the temporarily occupied territories of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the non-government-controlled parts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, and Sevastopol.

An adaptive quarantine is in effect in the country until the end of March 2022, dividing Ukraine into colored zones that represent the impact of the coronavirus on the region.

Ivano-Frankivsk, Rivne, Zakarpattia, Khmelnytskyi and Luhansk Oblasts are in the red zone, while all other regions are currently in the yellow or orange zones.

Over 30 million coronavirus vaccination doses have been administered, and nearly 15 million people have received two doses, with more than 600,000 people having had a booster dose.

Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Google News

Ukraine Today

Fresh daily newsletter covering the top headlines and developments in Ukraine

subscribe

Daily at 9am EST