Health Ministry: None of regions in Ukraine ready to ease quarantine measures

The city of Kyiv and all regions in Ukraine are not ready to ease quarantine measures introduced to prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to data provided by the Health Ministry on November 6.

The highest incidence rate of COVID-19 during the past 14 days has been recorded in Chernivtsi region (585.5 per 100,000 population), Zhytomyr region (492.5), and Khmelnytskyi region (481.7).

The lowest incidence rate of COVID-19 in the last 14 days has been reported in Kirovohrad region (111.3), Dnipropetrovsk region (146.5), and Luhansk region (182.8).

The incidence rate of COVID-19 in the city of Kyiv is 311.6 per 100,000 population. An average incidence rate across Ukraine is 288.3 per 100,000 population.

The Health Ministry explains that regions with high prevalence of COVID-19 are considered to be regions that have one of the following indicators: the occupancy of beds in health facilities intended for hospitalization of patients with confirmed COVID-19 exceeds 50% during the past five days; the average number of PCR and ELISA tests conducted during the past seven days is less than 24 per 100,000 population; the detection rate of COVID-19 is more than 11%; the growth rate of COVID-19 is more than 10%.

As of November 6, 440,188 COVID-19 cases were laboratory confirmed in Ukraine, including 9,721 cases recorded during the previous day.

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