The number of patients with SARS, coronavirus and flu is decreasing – Ministry of Health

Over the past week, more than 163,000 Ukrainians, including almost 90,000 children, fell ill with flu, SARS, and coronavirus. Of these, more than two thousand adult patients and almost three thousand children were hospitalized.

However, in the Ministry of Health declare, that the peak incidence of SARS has passed. In particular, last week the number of patients decreased by 17.8% among adults and by 11.9% among children compared to data from previous weeks.

They also note that from February 19 to 25, nine patients died from complications of the flu: six of them – in Kyiv (the patients were aged 42 to 86 years), two – in the Zhytomyr region (the deceased were 56 and 67 years old) and one – in Ternopil Region (43 years old).

None of the deceased patients had prophylactic drugs flu shotssay the Ministry of Health and emphasize that vaccination should be done annually – you can do it throughout the epidemic season.

In addition, almost two thousand new cases of infection with COVID-19 were recorded last week. The most infected people were found in three regions – Zhytomyr, Rivne and Khmelnytskyi. More than half a thousand adults and almost a hundred children needed inpatient treatment. 18 patients died.

In total, since the beginning of the epidemic season, SARS has already infected almost 3.3 million people, which is 9.1% of the total population of the country. Most of them are children (54.2%).

The number of cases of morbidity COVID-19 during this time it reached more than 140 thousand. 761 people died, including four minors.

58 adults and two children died from the flu.

The ministry emphasizes that it is annual vaccination – the best way to protect yourself from a severe course of the disease. Vaccinations are free and available in all Ukrainian regions.

Information about the nearest vaccination pointstheir addresses and work schedule can be found out by calling the contact center of the Ministry of Health at no 0 800 60 20 19.

We used to toldthat six people, including two children, died of the flu in a week.