Almaty region records rise in COVID-19 cases

TALDYKORGAN. KAZINFORM The COVID-19 growth rates in Almaty region grew by 0.7% for the past 2 weeks, the sanitary and epidemiological control department reports.

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Since the pandemic outbreak there were detected 61,619 coronavirus cases, including 47,312 symptomatic.

The incidence rate per 100,000 population reached 2872,5. The growth rates rose from 0.4% to 0.7% for the past 2 weeks. 354 new coronavirus cases were recorded in the past 24 hours. 76 out of them are children under 14 years old, 43 pupils, 5 students, 13 teachers.

As earlier reported, the chief state sanitary doctor toughened guaranine measures as the region remains in the high COVID-19 risk ‘red zone’ since the last week.