Ukraine’s coronavirus pandemic is shifting from agricultural west to industrial east, new Health Ministry figures show. Of a record 4,027 new coronavirus cases registered nationwide yesterday. Kharkiv oblast registered 549 cases, a record for any region since the pandemic was first detected in Ukraine seven months ago. Two other eastern regions lead the daily tally: Donetsk – 345; and Dnipropetrovsk – 271. Of detected cases, 18% need hospitalization. Of the 208,959 known cases since March, 4,129 have died – a mortality rate of 2%.
Ukraine’s coronavirus pandemic is shifting from agricultural west to industrial east,
