BISHKEK, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Kyrgyzstan confirmed 205 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, raising the total number of infections in the country to 3,356.
A total of 2,289 laboratory tests were conducted in the country in the last 24 hours, which detected 205 new cases, Health Minister Sabirzhan Abdikarimov told a news briefing.
He said that of the newly confirmed cases, 26 are medical workers, bringing the total number of infected medical workers to 582, including 387 recoveries.
The minister explained that sometimes medical workers themselves violated sanitary standards.
"We will have to take tough measures and introduce restrictive measures taking into account the epidemiological situation if this situation continues," he said.
The minister also reported three new virus-related deaths, raising the total number of fatalities in the country to 40.
Abdikarimov said that a total of 2,021 people have recovered and been discharged from hospitals, and that 571 people remain hospitalized, with 36 of them in serious condition and 11 patients in intensive care. Enditem
