On December 28, a total of 25,965 polymerase chain reaction tests (PCR) were conducted, up 2.1 times over December 27; and the number of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) rose 5.7 times over December 27 to 17,620.
Health Ministry has said this in a statement, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
Since the start of the year, a total of 5,511,179 polymerase chain reaction tests have been conducted.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on December 27, a total of 12,225 polymerase chain reaction tests (PCR) were conducted, down 37.4% over December 26; and the number of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) decreased 42.8% over December 26 to 3,107.
On December 28, the number of newly-registered Covid-19 cases in Ukraine rose by 6,988 over December 27 to 1,037,362, and the number of deaths increased by 232 over December 27 to 18,081; at the same time, the number of new cases rose by 59.4%, and the number of new lethal cases rose 3.1 times.
According to the report, as at the morning of December 29, there were 1,037,362 laboratory-confirmed Covid-19 cases registered in Ukraine, the number included 18,081 lethal cases; besides, 681,835 people had recovered.
On December 28, a total of 6,988 new cases of the disease were recorded, 232 people died, and 16,106 people recovered.
Therefore, as at December 28, the indicator of newly-infected people was lower than the number of those, who recovered (6,988 vs 16,106).
As at the morning of December 29, the overall number of those, who are staying ill with the Covid-19 (less the recovered and died) made 337,446, down 2.7%
over December 28.
Since the start of the epidemic, the largest number of coronavirus-infected people has been registered in the city of Kyiv (109,008), Odesa region (69,863), and Kharkiv region (68,395).
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