151 dead, 5,710 infected, 261 new cases of COVID-19 in Ukraine
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The number of officially confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ukraine has reached 5,710 as of 9:30 a.m. on April 20, according to Ukraine’s health ministry. In total, 151 people have died from the disease in Ukraine and 359 have recovered.

Among infected 374 are children, 1,074 are medical workers.

Over the past 24 hours, Ukraine has identified 261 new COVID-19 cases, 82 cases less than the previous day.

On April 19, Ukraine’s Health Ministry has carried out 1,988 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, the most accurate way of diagnosing COVID-19.

As of the morning of April 20, the largest number of coronavirus cases in Ukraine has been registered in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast (1,183 cases), Chernivtsi Oblast (906 cases), Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (512 cases), Ternopil Oblast (414 cases) and Vinnytsia Oblast (330 cases).

Over the last 24 hours, seven Ukrainian oblasts have not provided the health ministry with any information about coronavirus testing.

“This is unacceptable,” Ukraine’s Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said during the briefing on April 20.

The country’s chief sanitary doctor, Deputy Health Minister Viktor Lyashko, will investigate the matter and find out why, Stepanov said.