19 February 2021, Friday, 14:12 116

Number Of Coronavirus-Infected People In Kyiv City Up 544 To 133,891 On February 18, Number Of Deaths Up 7 To 2,564 – Klitschko

Редактор: Daria Zubkova

On February 18, the number of coronavirus-infected people in the city of Kyiv rose by 544 over February 17 to 133,891, and the number of deaths increased by seven to 2,564.

Kyiv City Mayor / Chairperson of the Kyiv City State Administration, Vitali Klitschko, announced this at a briefing, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

There were 299 women aged 18-90, 218 men aged 18-83, 11 girls aged 6-17, and 16 boys aged 5m-16y among the people infected with the coronavirus on February 18.

Besides, 15 medical workers fell ill.

A total of 79 coronavirus-infected people were hospitalized.

A total of 897 Kyivans recovered on February 18.

Since the start of the epidemic, 91,037 residents of Kyiv have recovered from the Covid-19.

The largest number of coronavirus cases was registered in Darnytskyi district (111), Dniprovskyi district (82), and in Desnianskyi district (79).

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on February 17, the number of coronavirus-infected people in the city of Kyiv rose by 513 over February 16 to 133,347, and the number of deaths increased by 11 to 2,557.

On February 18, the number of newly-registered Covid-19 cases in Ukraine rose by 6,531 over February 17 to 1,293,672, and the number of deaths increased by 120 over February 17 to 24,972; at the same time, the number of new cases increased by 4.7%, and the number of new lethal cases decreased by 26.4%.

According to the report, as of the morning of February 19, a total of 1,293,672 laboratory-confirmed Covid-19 cases were registered in Ukraine; the number included 24,972 fatal cases; 1,139,977 people had recovered.

On February 18, 6,531 new disease cases were recorded, 120 people died, and 5,857 people recovered.

Therefore, as of February 18, newly-infected people's indicator was higher than that of those who recovered (6,531 vs. 5,857).

As of the morning of February 19, the overall number of those staying ill with the Covid-19 (without the recovered and died) made 134,580, up 5% over February 18.

Since the start of the epidemic, the largest number of coronavirus-infected people has been registered in the city of Kyiv (133,891), Odesa region (84,123), and Kharkiv region (81,298).