Also, 7,248 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized over the period under review.
Ukrainian Health Minister Maksym Stepanov says 53,270 COVID-19 cases were reported in Ukraine last week, October 26 through November 1, which was almost 8,000 cases up against the figure reported the week before.
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"A total of 53,270 coronavirus cases were confirmed last week. There were 45,286 cases the week before. That is, almost 8,000 more cases were registered in the past week. Also, 283,494 tests were done by the PCR (polymerase chain reaction) method, which was 50,000 tests up from 238,404 reported the week before," he said.
According to Stepanov 7,248 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized last week.
"Let's compare this to 6,445 [patients hospitalized] the week before last. Including those with pneumonia. We provide PCR tests to all people, including those who have pneumonia, regardless of the symptoms of the disease. We tested 37,265 [patients with] pneumonias last week, which was 9,000 up against the week before last. This figure is also of great concern to us, as this is further evidence that COVID-19 has been spreading very quickly across the country," he summed up.