596 new cases of pneumonia, COVID-19 registered in Kyrgyzstan, 58,394 in total

12:21, 30 октября 2020, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Maria ORLOVA

At least 596 new cases of community-acquired pneumonia and COVID-19 have been registered in the Kyrgyz Republic. The Republican Emergency Response Center reported.

According to the center, 136 people got infected in Bishkek, 23 — in Osh, 64— in Osh region, 89 — in Chui region, 35 — in Issyk-Kul region, 91 — in Jalal-Abad region, 39 — in Talas region, 7 — in Naryn region and 112 — in Batken region.

In total, 58,394 cases of community-acquired pneumonia and COVID-19 have been registered in the country since March.

The Ministry of Health of Kyrgyzstan has combined statistics after the WHO assigned the code U07.1 to the laboratory-confirmed coronavirus in the international classification of diseases, and the code U07.2 — to community-acquired pneumonia, and it is considered as manifestation of the virus.