COVID-19 Catastrophe in Kyiv: Record Deaths, Hospital Queues, Sick Children

According to Klitschko, there are queues for burial of the dead.

Kyiv is facing a catastrophic situation with the coronavirus pandemic. The capital's mayor reported queues at hospitals and crematoriums, and many sick children. We have gathered the latest news in one article. 

Record Number of Deaths

Over the course of November 9, 1,740 cases of coronavirus were recorded in Kyiv: 992 women and 639 men aged 18 to 96, 52 girls from two months old and 57 boys from 11 days old. 

The largest numbers of new cases were detected in Darnytskyi (261), Dniprovskyi (228) and Desnianskyi (204) districts. 73 people died, the daily maximum in Kyiv since the start of the pandemic. On Tuesday, 38 women aged 34 to 95 and 35 men aged 26 to 85 died. 

In the capital, 188 people with coronavirus and 314 people suspected of having coronavirus and pneumonia were hospitalized. The previous day, Kyiv ranked fifth in Ukraine for new cases and second for the number of epidemic deaths. 

Since the start of the pandemic, the capital has recorded 272,768 coronavirus cases, 6,677 deaths and 236,151 recoveries. 

Queues at Crematoriums

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that the capital is experiencing a worsening epidemic situation despite tightened quarantine measures. There are queues not only for hospitalization of patients, but also for burial of the dead. 

Vitali Klitschko
Mayor of Kyiv

Kyiv is in the red zone, and the situation is getting worse. Dozens of people call me every day. Some ask for help hospitalizing their loved ones. Others ask for help burying them. We have queues at the funeral service for death certificates, and queues at the crematorium. We have ambulances queuing at hospital reception departments. Does someone not believe this and say all sorts of nonsense?! Go and see for yourselves! Talk to doctors and relatives of patients. 

Klitschko urged city residents to wear masks, use antiseptics, keep their distance and get vaccinated. 

He asked people not to visit public places unnecessarily or use public transport unless there is an urgent need. 

Sick Children

According to Klitschko, more and more children with coronavirus are being hospitalized in Kyiv, and schools in the city will continue remote learning. 

Vitali Klitschko
Mayor of Kyiv

More and more children with coronavirus are being hospitalized. This is because the Delta strain, as doctors note, is more aggressive and affects many young people and children, with serious consequences and complications. Today, 85 children with coronavirus or suspected infection are in the capital's hospitals. Four of them are in intensive care. There have never been this many children in hospitals during any previous wave of the virus. 

He noted that the number of sick children is increasing, so next week schoolchildren will not return to their desks and will continue remote learning. 

Klitschko said that many children carry coronavirus without symptoms but can infect those close to them.