KYIV, Sept 24 – The Ministry of Health this week has recorded the fastest growth in the incidence of COVID-19 in 2021: 68% - an increase in new cases of the disease, 51% - an increase in hospitalization rate, Deputy Minister of Health, Chief State Sanitary Doctor Ihor Kuzin, has said.

"As of September 24, already nine regions are showing signs of the 'orange level,'" he said at a press conference in Kyiv on Friday.

Kuzin recalled that by the decision of September 21, all 25 regions of Ukraine were transferred to the "yellow" level of epidemic danger.