Highest incidence of coronavirus cases recorded in Kyiv city – Health Ministry

The highest incidence rate of COVID-19 in Ukraine was recorded in Kyiv city and Cherkasy region, according to data provided by the Health Ministry on December 17.

In particular, the incidence rate of COVID-19 in the past 14 days in Kyiv city amounted to 718.2 per 100,000 people, in Cherkasy region - 714.3.

The high incidence rate of COVID-19 in the past 14 days was also recorded in Zaporizhzhia region – 659.4 per 100,000 people, Chernihiv region – 417.5, Odesa region – 552.6, Sumy region –509.4, and Kyiv region – 574.6.

An average incidence rate across Ukraine is 417.5 per 100,000 people.

The bed occupancy rate at COVID-19 designated hospitals across the country in the past five days amounted to 42.1% as of December 16. In Kyiv city, this figure amounted to 50.6%.

The high level of bed occupancy rate was recorded in Mykolaiv region (64.6%) and Odesa region (54.4%).

On December 17, a total of 931,751 COVID-19 cases were laboratory confirmed in Ukraine, including 12,047 new cases reported in the past 24 hours.

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