COVID-19: 260 more patients cured in Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek, Aug. 17, 2020. /Kabar/. In Kyrgyzstan, another 261 patients have cured of COVID-19 coronavirus infection in the past day, Head of the Public Health Department of the republic’s Health Ministry Ainura Akmatova told a daily news briefing Monday. Thus, Kyrgyzstan’s total number of recoveries from novel coronavirus has climbed 34, 567 since the first case was detected on March 18. The republic reported 135 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, raising the total diagnosed cases to 41,991. The virus-related death tally climbed to 1,496 with 1 more recorded in the previous 24 hours.