129 Kazakhstanis die of COVID-19 in past day
10:43, 12 August 2021
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – The Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan has released the updated figures of COVID-related deaths and COVID-like pneumonia deaths in the country, Kazinform reports.
According to a statement released by the Ministry via its official Telegram channel, 129 people in Kazakhstan died of the coronavirus infection and COVID-like pneumonia in one day.
The biggest number of COVID-related deaths - 18 - was recorded in Almaty city. Ranked second are Nur-Sultan and Shymkent cities with 17 COVID-19 deaths each. 10 COVID-19 patients passed away in Karaganda region.
Earlier it was reported that Kazakhstan recorded 7,747 new cases of the coronavirus infection, raising the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Kazakhstan to 664,524 since the start of the pandemic. Nationwide, since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic 548,362 people fully recovered from the novel coronavirus.