BISHKEK, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Kyrgyzstan added 361 confirmed COVID-19 cases Thursday, taking its total to 8,847.
Among the newly infected, 83 are medical workers, taking the total number of infected medical workers to 1,370, including 532 recoveries, Ainura Akmatova, head of the public health care department of the country's health ministry, told a daily news briefing.
To cope with the shortage of doctors in the country, Akmatova said the health ministry has called back medical workers on leave, adding that around 200 emergency physicians are currently under observation due to the coronavirus.
Akmatova said Kyrgyzstan is taking measures to prevent the deterioration of the national situation in the fall and winter.
The health official reported 70 new recoveries in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 3,053.
Meanwhile, four new virus-related deaths have been registered in the country over the past day, raising the death toll to 116.
Currently, 610 people remain hospitalized, with 14 patients in intensive care and another 5,068 asymptomatic patients under home quarantine.
As of Thursday, 2,600 tests for the virus have been conducted across the country. Enditem
