The city of Kyiv, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi, Odesa and Sumy regions have entered the "red" quarantine zone on COVID-19 epidemic, the Ministry of Health said on its website on Monday.

According to it, the level of hospitalizations per 100,000 of the population was significantly exceeded for three consecutive days in these regions, which normally should not exceed 60 hospitalizations.

According to the ministry, hospitalization rates for people with coronavirus have been exceeded in a number of areas that are currently in the "orange" epidemic zone. In particular, these are Chernihiv, Khmelnytsky, Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk and Vinnytsia regions.