COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
| COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine | |
|---|---|
 Number of confirmed cases by oblast | |
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Ukraine |
| First outbreak | various European states with first case from Italy or Romania; Egypt |
| Index case | Chernivtsi Oblast |
| Arrival date | 3 March 2020 (4 years and 9 months) |
| Confirmed cases | 647,976 |
| Recovered | 299,358 (including 27 children and 824 medical workers) |
Deaths | 11,263 (146 men, 115 women) 86% of dead over 50 |
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Ukraine when its first case was confirmed to be hospitalized in Chernivtsi Oblast on 3 March 2020.[1] It was a man who had travelled from Italy to Romania by plane and then arrived in Ukraine by car.[2]
As of 20 March, an emergency was declared in Kyiv Oblast, Chernivtsi Oblast, Zhytomyr Oblast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and in the city of Kyiv.[3]
Statistics for the Russian-held Crimea and city of Sevastopol, and for the unrecognized Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine are not reported by Ukraine.[4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "First coronavirus case identified in Ukraine | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice". KyivPost. 3 March 2020. Archived from the original on 13 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ↑ "Ukraine reports first coronavirus case, in man who traveled from Italy". Reuters. 3 March 2020. Archived from the original on 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ↑ "В Еще Одной Области Украины Объявили Чрезвычайную Ситуацию Из-За Коронавируса" [An emergency has been declared in another region of Ukraine because of the Corona virus], TSN, 21 March 2020, archived from the original on 21 March 2020, retrieved 23 March 2020
- ↑ Miller, Christopher (2020-04-17). "No Official Tallies, But Separatist-Held Ukraine Faces 'Considerable' COVID-19 Threat". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
