Ukraine reports 8,172 new coronavirus cases

Ukraine has reported 1,342,016 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 8,172 new cases recorded over the past 24 hours.

"Some 8,172 new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been recorded in Ukraine as of February 27, 2021. In particular, 519 children and 292 health workers contracted COVID-19," Health Minister Maksym Stepanov posted on his Facebook page.

According to him, 151 deaths, 4,766 recoveries and 2,806 hospitalizations were registered in Ukraine in the last day.

In addition, 78,040 coronavirus tests, including 35,714 PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests and 16,990 ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) tests, were performed in Ukraine in the past 24 hours.

Since the beginning of the pandemic in Ukraine, 25,893 deaths and 1,168,321 recoveries have been recorded, and 6,881,688 PCR tests have been performed.

The highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours was registered in Ivano-Frankivsk region (892), Lviv region (696), Vinnytsia region (694), Chernivtsi region (670), and Zakarpattia region (621).

A total of 8,003 COVID-19 cases were recorded in Ukraine as of February 26.

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