Kyiv city, nine regions remain in ‘red’ zone – Ministry of Health

Kyiv city and nine regions in Ukraine remain in the “red” zone of the COVID-19 quarantine, Ukrinform reports with reference to data published on the Ukrainian Ministry of Health's website.

As of April 28, Kyiv city, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, and Chernihiv regions are in the “red” zone. The “yellow” zone includes Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Odesa, Kherson and Chernivtsi regions. Other regions are in the “orange” zone.

The COVID-19-associated hospitalization rates (60 per 100,000 people) are exceeded in 11 regions: Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy, and Chernihiv regions.

As of April 27, the highest COVID-19-associated hospitalization rates were recorded in Khmelnytskyi region – 95.5 per 100,000, Sumy region – 77.3, and Cherkasy region – 74.8. In Kyiv city, this rate amounted to 53.5.

As of April 27, the highest occupancy rates for oxygen-supplied beds were registered in Donetsk region – 67% (with the established capacity set at 65%). In Kyiv city, this rate amounted to 55.6%.

As reported, Ukraine recorded 9,590 new coronavirus cases on April 27.

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