BISHKEK, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Kyrgyzstan's health authorities reported 78 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total number to 1,216.
The country's Deputy Health Minister Nurbolot Usenbaev said that among 1,669 tests carried out in the past 24 hours, 78 came back positive.
He noted that among the newly infected, 46 are imported cases. All 46 are Kyrgyz citizens evacuated from Russia, among them four medical workers and the rest contacts of the confirmed cases.
The official noted that the total number of contracted medical workers infected amounted to 255 people, while 212 of them have recovered.
The number of recovered cases increased to 827 with 23 new recoveries in the last 24 hours, Usenbaev added.
Currently, 375 COVID-19 patients are in hospitals, and six of them are in intensive care. In total, 2,236 people who had contact with infected patients are under medical observation.
In addition, the number of contacts of the infected is 6,050, all of them under the supervision of doctors in home quarantine. Enditem
