Seven patients die in Kyrgyzstan from coronavirus for 24 hours

14:46, 18 мая 2021, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Maria ORLOVA

Seven patients died from coronavirus over the past 24 hours in Kyrgyzstan. Deputy Minister of Health and Social Development Zhalalidin Rakhmatullaev announced at a briefing.

Six cases were registered in Bishkek, one — in Chui region.

In total, 1,718 people have died from coronavirus and community-acquired pneumonia in the country since March 2020.

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.