Ukraine’s daily rate of detected cases dropped roughly in half over the last month

Ukraine’s daily rate of detected cases dropped roughly in half over the last month – from 6-9,000 at the start January, to 3-5,000 cases a day last week. To date, 1.2 million Ukrainians, or 3% of the population are known to have contracted the virus. To date, 23,597 have died, making for a fatality rate of 2%. People aged 60 and over accounted for 84% of fatalities, the Health Ministry reports. In the year since the pandemic hit Ukraine, almost 10 million tests have been performed.