Medical workers at the City Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital named after I. S. Zhekenova in Alma-AtaALMA-ATA, 18 Jan. A sharp surge in coronavirus is observed in Kazakhstan, against the backdrop of the spread of the omicron variant, the incidence of COVID-19 has increased by almost 20 times over the past month, Health Minister Azhar Giniyat said. Speaking at a government meeting on Tuesday, Giniyat said that «Omicron» has complicated the epidemiological situation in the country. «Indicators characterizing the epidemiological situation in the country also confirm the spread of the «Omicron» variant. Thus, the incidence of coronavirus infection over the past month has increased by 19.6 times, the reproductive number — by 2.1 times, the daily the volume of testing for COVID-19 increased by 3.5 times and reached 50,000 tests per day,” she said. month decreased by 2.5 times. «Over the past month, the number of patients receiving treatment in covid hospitals has doubled, at the outpatient level — five times,» she said. According to the Ministry of Health, over the past day, 9,798 new cases of COVID-19, six deaths were recorded. The total number of recorded cases of coronavirus in the country has reached 1,071,130.
