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Ukraine said 2,582 new active COVID-19 cases had been confirmed across the country in the past 24 hours as of September 10, 2020.

The total number of confirmed cases grew to 145,612, as seen on the interactive map compiled by the National Security and Defense Council.

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The death toll is 3,023 with 44 fatalities recorded in the past day.

There were 76,712 active cases as of September 10. In total, there have been 208,744 reports on suspected COVID-19 since the beginning of 2020.

The highest number of new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours was registered in Kharkiv region (339 cases), Ternopil region (251), and the city of Kyiv (298).

In total, 1,778,483 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests have been run since the outbreak.

The overall incidence per region is as follows:

  • 16,452 (+183) cases in Lviv region;
  • 16,119 (+298) in the city of Kyiv;
  • 11,832 (+339) in Kharkiv region;
  • 11,715 (+134) in Chernivtsi region;
  • 10,802 (+143) in Ivano-Frankivsk region;
  • 10,073 (+98) in Rivne region;
  • 8,874 (+47) in Odesa region;
  • 8,359 (+82) in Zakarpattia region;
  • 8,075 (+251) in Ternopil region;
  • 6,554 (+95) in Kyiv region;
  • 6,092 (+77) in Volyn region;
  • 4,606 (+44) in Vinnytsia region;
  • 3,938 (+59) in Zhytomyr region;
  • 3,497 (+142) in Khmelnytsky region;
  • 2,843 (+76) in Dnipropetrovsk region;
  • 2,545 (+30) in Chernihiv region;
  • 2,187 (+44) in Sumy region;
  • 2,177 (+56) in Cherkasy region;
  • 2,081 (+40) in Zaporizhia region;
  • 1,852 (+90) in Donetsk region (Ukrainian-controlled districts);
  • 1,766 (+52) in Mykolayiv region;
  • 1,069 (+51) in Poltava region;
  • 874 (+4) in Kirovohrad region;
  • 558 (+20) in Kherson region;
  • 503 (+23) in Luhansk region (Ukrainian-controlled districts).

Data from Russia-occupied areas – the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol, parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions – is not available.

COVID-19 tests were run by the Public Health Center's virological reference laboratory and regional laboratories. As of the morning of September 10, 2020, the Center had received 2,925 reports of suspected cases. In total, there have been 208,744 reports on suspected COVID-19 since the beginning of 2020.

Quarantine in Ukraine: background

  • The adaptive quarantine was introduced on August 1.
  • Ukrainian regions were split into the red, orange, yellow, and green zones depending on hospital load, the average number of PCR and ELISA tests, the ascertainment rate of COVID-19, and daily spread dynamics.
  • Quarantine-related curbs differ in each zone. The mildest ones are in the green zone, the regions included in the red zone have to introduce the toughest restrictive measures.
  • On August 26, the Cabinet of Ministers extended the adaptive quarantine until November 1.
  • On September 3, the government reviewed the list of quarantine zones in view of the epidemiological situation in regions. The red zone has been expanded.
  • The Ministry of Health of Ukraine on September 7 updated the protocol for patients with suspected coronavirus.