There are 45 patients with coronavirus on mechanical ventilation machines – Lyashko

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In Ukraine, 45 people with severe coronavirus are on mechanical ventilation. There are no children among them.

This was stated by Deputy Minister of Health, chief medical officer of health Viktor Lyashko during a briefing on Saturday, reports a correspondent for Ukrinform.

“In the past 24 hours, 94 people have been hospitalized, one of whom is a child. A total of 1,017 people have been hospitalized since the start of the coronavirus epidemic, including 43 children. Now on the mechanical ventilation device, that is to say with a severe course of coronavirus disease, there are 45 people. Not a single child in critical condition, “said Lyashko.

He also added that during the last day in Ukraine, 18 people recovered from coronavirus disease, including 3 health workers who had already contracted coronavirus disease.

“There are reports of 4 deaths. If we look at the whole since the start of the epidemic in Ukraine, we have already recovered 79 people, including 8 children. A total of 73 people have died since the start of the epidemic, “said the chief medical officer.

As noted, according to data from the Public Health Center, at 9 a.m. on April 11 in Ukraine, there were 2,511 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19. The number of patients recovered (79 patients) exceeded the number of deaths (73 patients). 308 new cases were recorded per day.

According to the materials: ukrinform.ru