12,630 more people were infected with coronavirus in Ukraine on December 18



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In Ukraine, during the last day, 12,630 people were infected with the coronavirus. In addition, 2,904 infected people were hospitalized yesterday, most of the new cases in the Kiev, Zaporozhye and Odessa regions.

Ukraine’s Health Minister Maxim Stepanov announced this on his Facebook page.

Yesterday, 68,759 tests were carried out for coronavirus (in particular, by PCR – 42,340, ELISA – 26,419). 260 patients also died.

During the last day, the highest number of confirmed cases was registered in the regions of the city of Kiev (1658), Zaporozhye (1022), Odessa (925), Kiev (922) and Cherkasy (583).

Since the beginning of the pandemic, 944381 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Ukraine, 561222 recoveries.

As a reminder, Ukraine also hopes to receive free doses of the coronavirus vaccine under the COVAX mechanism. According to Prime Minister Denis Shmygal, Ukraine will receive the first million doses of the coronavirus vaccine in March.

As the parliament said, the budget foresees the purchase of 4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

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