Nurses. File photoTASHKENT, Jan 22 The number of detected cases of COVID-19 in Uzbekistan increased by another 1390 over the past day — this is a new maximum since the first case was detected in the country in March 2020, this figure has been growing for the fourth day in a row, the press service of the Ministry of Health of the Republic reported on Saturday. The Ministry of Health announced on January 9 that the first case of infection with the Omicron coronavirus strain was detected in the country. the number of cases was 212,289,» the Ministry of Health's Telegram channel said in a statement. The previous maximum was noted on January 20 this year — 1321 infected. The ministry added that this figure has been growing for the fourth day. According to the press service, four patients died from coronavirus on Friday, the total number of deaths is 1,536. The total number of people recovered from coronavirus in Uzbekistan increased to 202,149. Yesterday, 437 were discharged from hospital Human. Currently, 8,604 patients with COVID-19 are being treated, with a total fund of 20,000 beds for patients with coronavirus. On April 1, 2021, a campaign to vaccinate the population against coronavirus was launched in Uzbekistan. Residents of the country can be vaccinated with the Chinese drugs Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutical and CoronaVac, the Russian Sputnik V and Sputnik Light, the Swedish-British AstraZeneca vaccine, the American Moderna and the American-German Pfizer/BioNTech. During this time, more than 14 million people (almost 67% of the adult population) have completed the full course of vaccination.
