The total number of confirmed cases has reached 1,030,374.
Ukraine reported a sharp decrease in the number of new active COVID-19 cases that had been confirmed across the country in the past 24 hours as of December 28, 2020, that is 4,385 against 6,113 registered a day earlier.
The total number of confirmed cases grew to 1,030,374 as of December 28, 2020, according to the interactive map compiled by the National Security and Defense Council.
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The death toll has hit 17,849 with 75 fatalities recorded in the past 24 hours.
The government reported 346,796 active cases as of December 28. In total, there have been 1,127,649 reports on suspected COVID-19 since the beginning of 2020.
"In the past day, 4,385 people tested positive for the coronavirus, including 196 children and 141 healthcare workers. Some 1,588 new patients were hospitalized," Ukrainian Health Minister Maksym Stepanov wrote on Facebook on Monday.
In total, 15,332 tests were conducted in the country in the past day. In particular, there were 12,225 PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests run, as well as 3,107 ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) tests.
The highest number of new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours was registered the city of Kyiv (851), Zaporizhia region (472), Mykolaiv region region (347), Dnipropetrovsk region (303), and Kyiv region (809).
The overall incidence per region is as follows:
Data from Russia-occupied areas – the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol, parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions – is not available.
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