07 October 2020, Wednesday, 18:30 103

730 Coronavirus-Infected People Hospitalized On October 6 – Health Ministry

Редактор: Daria Zubkova

On October 6, a total of 730 coronavirus-infected people were hospitalized.

Health Minister Maksym Stepanov has said this at a briefing, the Ukrainian News Agency reports.

According to the minister, as at the morning of October 7, there were 18,039 coronavirus-infected people at the hospitals of Ukraine.

The overall number of newly-infected people of 4,753 included 219 children and 251 medical workers.

Since the beginning of the epidemic, 15,259 children and 16,864 medical workers have fallen ill.

Among the recovered – 7,328 children.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on October 5, a total of 720 coronavirus-infected people were hospitalized.

On October 6, the number of newly-registered Covid-19 cases in Ukraine increased by 4,753 over October 5 to 239,337, and the number of deaths rose by 77 over October 5 to 4,597; at the same time, the number of new cases increased by 9.3%, and the number of new lethal cases decreased 14.4%.

According to the report, as at the morning of October 6, there were 239,337 laboratory-confirmed Covid-19 cases registered in Ukraine, the number included 4,597 lethal cases; besides, 105,970 people had recovered.

During the day, 4,753 new cases of the disease were recorded, 2,569 people recovered, 77 people died.

Therefore, on October 6, the indicator of newly-infected people was lower than the number of those, who recovered (4,753 vs 2,569).

As at the morning of October 7, the number of active sick (less those, who recovered and died) made 128,770, up 1.7% over October 6.

Since the start of the epidemic, the largest number of coronavirus-infected people has been registered in the city of Kyiv (25,474), Lviv region (22,136), and Kharkiv region (21,696).