COVID-19: 3 regions of Kazakhstan remain in ‘yellow zone’

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – Most regions of Kazakhstan remain in the ‘green’ zone, the lowest in a three-tier system used in Kazakhstan in terms of spread of the coronavirus infection, Kazinform reports.

As of December 18, there are no regions in the ‘red’ zone, the highest in the three-tier system used in Kazakhstan in terms of spread of the coronavirus infection

Akmola, Pavlodar and North Kazakhstan regions remain in the ‘yellow zone’, the second highest in the three-tier system used in the country.

The cities of Nur-Sultan, Almaty and Shymkent, Atyrau, Aktobe, Almaty, East Kazakhstan, Karaganda, Kostanay, Kyzylorda, Mangistau, Turkestan, West Kazakhstan, and Zhambyl regions are in the ‘green zone’.

Earlier it was reported that in the past 24 hours Kazakhstan detected 494 new cases of the coronavirus infection. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases now stands at 982,475 nationwide. Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic 952,314 people recovered from the novel coronavirus in Kazakhstan.