57 schoolchildren contract COVID-19 since Sept 1 in Kokshetau

KOKSHETAU. KAZINFORM – Despite lower COVID-19 incidence rate, Kokshetau city reported 577 fresh cases of the coronavirus infection, including 57 new COVID-19 cases among schoolchildren, in the past two weeks, chief state sanitary officer of the city Kanat Iskakov said Friday, Kazinform correspondent reports.
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According to him, Akmola region remains in the high-risk ‘red zone’ in terms of spread of the coronavirus infection. Since the onset of the pandemic, the region has registered 12,187 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases.

Over the past 16 days, Akmola region added 577 COVID-19 cases, including 36 fresh infections in the past day.

«Infectious bed occupancy stands at 46% in the city of Koskshetau. 236 people are treated for COVID-19 at the regional hospitals. 99% of COVID-19 patients have not been vaccinated,» Iskakov said.

Two infectious hospitals have been shut down in the region recently.


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