On October 27, a total of 41,947 polymerase chain reaction tests (PCR) were conducted, up 25.7% over October 26; and the number of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) increased 22.7% over October 26 to 28,645.
Health Minister, Maksym Stepanov, has said this at a briefing, the Ukrainian News Agency reports.
Since the start of the year, a total of 3,129,235 polymerase chain reaction tests have been conducted.
As at the morning of October 27, the virology laboratory of the Public Health Center under the Health Ministry of Ukraine had received a total of 8,145 reports on suspicion of the Covid-19.
Since the start of the year, the number of such reports has made 435,812.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on October 26, a total of 33,361 polymerase chain reaction tests (PCR) were conducted, up 15.9% over October 25; and the number of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) increased 4.7 times over October 25 to 23,349.
On October 27, the number of newly-registered Covid-19 cases in Ukraine increased by 7,474 over October 26 to 363,075, and the number of deaths rose by 165 over October 26 to 6,755; at the same time, the number of new cases increased by 11.9%, and the number of new lethal cases increased by 31%.
According to the report, as at the morning of October 28, there were 363,075 laboratory-confirmed Covid-19 cases registered in Ukraine, the number included 6,755 lethal cases; besides, 148,642 people had recovered.
During the day, 7,474 new cases of the disease were recorded, 3,306 people recovered, 165 people died.
Therefore, on October 27, the indicator of newly-infected people was higher than the number of those, who recovered (7,474 vs 3,306).
As at the morning of October 27, the number of the active sick (less those, who have recovered and died) was 207,678, up 2% day over day.
Since the start of the epidemic, the largest number of coronavirus-infected people has been registered in the city of Kyiv (35,540), Kharkiv region (34,441), and Lviv region (28,484).
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