4 die of COVID-19 in N Kazakhstan over past weekend

The region is second to Almaty city in terms of the daily number of COVID-19 cases.

According to the health office of North Kazakhstan region, 625 COVID-19 PCR tests have been carried out in the region over the past day, with every fourth returning a positive result.

The region reported 298 cases of the coronavirus infection over the past weekend.

Most of the cases were seen in Petropavlovsk city – 144, Kyzylzhar district – 41, Yessilsk district – 20, and Aiyrtausk district – 19. While Ualikhanovsk and Timiryazevsk districts recorded four and one infections, receptively.

The region added four deaths over the past two days, pushing the total COVID-19 death toll to 337.

As of this morning, the number of people treated at the infectious diseases hospitals has stood at 677, occupying 39% of the total beds. 51 people are in intensive care units. The ICU bed occupancy stands at 42%.

2,133 cases of the coronavirus infection have been reported in North Kazakhstan region in November.