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Kazakhstan's COVID-19 case count up by 3% within day

Kazakhstan Materials 14 May 2020 11:03 (UTC +04:00)
A total of 154 new coronavirus cases were reported in Kazakhstan on May 13, 2020
Kazakhstan's COVID-19 case count up by 3% within day

BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 14

By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:

A total of 154 new coronavirus cases were reported in Kazakhstan on May 13, 2020, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Healthcare.

The daily cases increase was 2.8 percent, and 185 more people completely recovered, and were discharged from the hospitals.

The total number of coronavirus cases confirmed in Kazakhstan since the virus was first confirmed in the country amounted to 5,571 cases. This includes 2,408 people who recovered from the coronavirus, and 32 patients who passed away.

Distribution of overall coronavirus cases in Kazakhstan’s regions:

Total infected

Total recovered

Total deaths

Nur-Sultan city

1 118

489

3

Almaty city

1 628

555

9

Shymkent city

245

153

6

Akmola region

110

94

4

Aktobe region

176

55

Almaty region

183

97

Atyrau region

432

127

East Kazakhstan region

52

17

1

Zhambyl region

198

94

1

West Kazakhstan region

266

121

Karaganda region

200

115

3

Kostanay region

68

34

1

Kyzylorda region

231

181

Mangystau region

130

29

1

Pavlodar region

154

104

2

North Kazakhstan region

36

29

Turkestan region

190

114

1

TOTAL

5 417

2 408

32

The first two cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Kazakhstan among those who arrived in Almaty city from Germany on March 13, 2020.

The outbreak of the coronavirus began in the Chinese city of Wuhan (an international transport hub), at a fish market in late December 2019.

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11. Some sources claim the coronavirus outbreak started as early as November 2019.

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