| 109 |
UKR |
Ukraine - tests performed |
2020-10-27 |
https://covid19.gov.ua/en |
Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine |
|
181 |
3087288 |
70.593 |
33361 |
0.763 |
34273 |
0.784 |
0.166 |
6.025 |
Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine |
https://www.kmu.gov.ua/en |
The number of tests performed |
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine provides [daily snapshots](https://covid19.gov.ua) that report the cumulative number of tests performed to date.
It is unclear whether the reported figures include tests pending results.
In the daily snapshots, the wording used to report the cumulative testing figures does not make it clear as to whether the reported figures relate to the number of tests performed or the number of persons tested. For example, the cumulative testing figure reported on 6 August 2020 is "1,116,641 tested" (translated from "протестовано"). The [english version](https://covid19.gov.ua/en) of the same page reports the same figure as "total of tests", which is also unclear. [A more detailed dashboard](https://covid19.gov.ua/analitichni-paneli-dashbordy) on the same web domain provides testing figures in downloadable csv files dating back to 1 June 2020, where each csv file contains separate columns for the cumulative number of PCR tests and non-PCR tests. The cumulative PCR testing figures reported in these csv files are described as "The number of laboratory tests performed by PCR on COVID-19" ("Кількість проведених лабораторних досліджень методом ПЛР на COVID-19"), making it clear that the figures refer to the number of tests performed (which may or may not be equivalent to the number of people tested).
The cumulative PCR testing figures provided in the csv files tend to be approximately 2% smaller than the testing figures provided in the daily snapshots. Nevertheless, we assume that this discrepancy is due to small differences in the reference date, reporting laboratories included, or other minor details, rather than the possibility that the daily snapshot figures include non-PCR tests or refer to a metric other than the number of tests performed. The cumulative number of non-PCR tests reported in the csv files are much larger than the size of this discrepancy.
The earliest reported figure that we have been able to find is from 9 April 2020, at which point 20,608 cumulative tests were reported.
Note that, due to the way the data is presented by the official source, the time series may be impacted by retrospective revisions made by the source – see our [FAQ here](https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-testing#does-your-data-reflect-retrospective-updates-made-by-the-source). |