In total, 42,828 tests were conducted in the country in the past day.
Ukrainian Health Minister Maksym Stepanov has listed the regions that are in the lead by the number of new COVID-19 cases confirmed in the past day.
"Speaking per each region, the highest number of confirmed cases in the past 24 hours was registered in the city of Kyiv (265 cases), Kharkiv region (247), Ternopil region (227), Lviv region (190), Ivano-Frankivsk region (182), Odesa region (170), and Chernivtsi region (142)," he said at a briefing on August 29, as reported by the Health Ministry on Facebook.
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