COVID-19: Transcarpathia, Uzhgorod, Ukraine, as of May 18

During the last day, May 17, 423 people sought emergency medical care, 7 of them had symptoms of acute pneumonia, 6 were suspected of having COVID-19.

This was reported by the director of the department of health care of the Transcarpathian Regional State Administration Yelizaveta Birov.

216 samples of biological materials were collected for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing and sent to the virological laboratory for examination.

16 persons were confirmed to have COVID-19.

Overall, as of 9:00 am on May 18, 2020, 901 patients have been diagnosed with COVID-19. Of those, 201 are health care workers, 57 are children. 7227 polymerase chain reaction tests have been performed.

189 patients have recovered.

In total, since the beginning of the pandemic, according to the Department of Health of the Transcarpathian Regional State Administration, 24 deaths from COVID-19 have been reported in the region

As for Uzhgorod, as of the morning of May 18, 334 Uzhgorod residents have been confirmed to have COVID-19. This was reported by the health department of Uzhgorod city council and Uzhgorod city and district branch of the State Institution "Transcarpathian Regional Laboratory Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine". 

5 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in the past 24 hours. 74 coronavirus patients are health care workers. 

64 people have recovered  

6 persons have died.
  
51 Uzhgorod residents are hospitalized, 213 are on outpatient treatment, 

In the last 24 hours, mobile crews have made 1 visit, 10 samples of biological materials have been collected for polymerase chain reaction test. In total, since the onset of the disease, 323 visits have been made, 1429 samples of biological materials have been collected for PCR tests.

According to the Public Health Center, as of 9:00 am on May 18, there have been 18616 laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ukraine, of which 535 were fatal, 5276 patients have recovered. During the day, 325 new cases were confirmed. Currently, coronavirus disease has been detected in:   
Vinnytsia region – 733 cases; 
Volyn region – 625 cases; 
Dnipropetrovsk region – 843 cases; 
Donetsk region – 131 cases; 
Zhytomyr region – 564 cases; 
Transcarpathian region – 901 cases; 
Zaporizhzhya region – 382 cases; 
Ivano-Frankivsk region – 1221 cases; 
Kirovohrad region – 445 cases; 
Kyiv – 2321 cases; 
Kyiv region – 1224 cases; 
Lviv region – 1066 cases; 
Luhansk region – 42 cases; 
Mykolaiv region – 262 cases; 
Odesa region – 764 cases; 
Poltava region – 264 cases; 
Rivne region – 1167 cases; 
Sumy region – 163 cases; 
Ternopil region – 1081 cases; 
Kharkiv region – 789 cases; 
Kherson region – 168 cases; 
Khmelnytsky region – 267 cases; 
Chernivtsi region – 2713 cases; 
Cherkasy region – 372 cases; 
Chernihiv region – 108 cases.  
The tests were conducted by the Virology Reference Laboratory of the Public Health Center of Ukraine, as well as by regional laboratories. As of the morning of May 18, 2020, the Center has received 560 reports of suspected COVID-19 cases.  
MOH reminds: Be sure to call your family doctor if you notice the first symptoms of a respiratory disease. Stay at home! Self-isolation is the surest way to protect yourself from infection