
Nationwide, there has been a 16% drop in COVID-19 cases over the past week
Kazakhstan is in the "green zone" for the spread of COVID-19, Kazakh Health Minister Alexei Tsoi told today’s Government session, Kazinform correspondent reports.
According to Tsoi, the country’s capital Nur-Sultan remains in the coronavirus "red zone" with the weekly COVID-19 case count up by 7% from 1,365 to 1,461. The remaining areas are in the "yellow" and "green zones". Nationwide, there has been a 16% drop in COVID-19 cases over the past week.
As of June 15, 2021, the country has registered a total of 402,996 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 56,705 cases with a negative result for COVID-19. Of the total caseload, 94% have so far recovered.
Earlier at the session the minister said that COVID-19 cases were on the rise in the CIS countries, including in Russia, where the number of weekly COVID-19 infections was up 1.5fold.
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