BISHKEK, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Kyrgyzstan said Tuesday that COVID-19 infections in the country totaled 1,845 with 28 new cases reported over the past 24 hours.
Among the new confirmed cases, 16 were imported ones, the country's Deputy Health Minister Nurbolot Usenbaev said at a daily briefing.
He also reported one new virus-related death, raising the nationwide death toll to 17.
There are currently 609 patients infected with the disease in hospitals throughout the country with four in the intensive care unit, he said.
A total of 2,404 people in the country who had contact with infected patients are under medical observation, and another 7,664 people are in home quarantine under the supervision of doctors. Enditem
