COVID-19 hospitalization rates exceeded in Kyiv city, 18 regions – Ministry of Health

As of April 20, Kyiv city, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Odesa, Sumy, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Chernihiv and Chernivtsi regions are in the red zone

The COVID-19-associated hospitalization rates (60 per 100,000 people) have been exceeded in Kyiv city and 18 regions: Vinnytsia, Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Sumy, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy, Chernivtsi and Chernihiv regions.

As of April 19, the highest COVID-19-associated hospitalization rates were recorded in Khmelnytskyi region - 116.2 per 100,000, Chernihiv region - 96.4, Sumy region – 89.0, and Cherkasy region - 89.8. In Kyiv city, this rate amounted to 74.7.

The highest oxygen bed occupancy rates were registered in Kyiv city – 75.3%, Odesa region – 73.4%, Lviv region – 70%, and Kyiv region – 70.5% (with the established capacity set at 65%).

As reported, Ukraine recorded 8,940 new coronavirus cases on April 19.

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