69 new officially confirmed cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported in Tajikistan over weekends (Saturday and Sunday), bringing a total number of officially confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country to 8,550 as of the evening of August 30, a MoHSPP said.
The number of coronavirus-linked deaths has been reported in the country at 68, according to a MoHSPP.
7,341 (83.8 percent) COVID-19 patients have reportedly recovered in Tajikistan as of the evening of August 30, 2020.
More than 1,000 people in Tajikistan have reportedly been treating COVID-19 at home under supervision of family doctors.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Tajikistan is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have spread to Tajikistan when its index cases, in Dushanbe and Khujand, were confirmed on April 30, 2020.
As far as other Central Asian nations are concerned, the number of officially confirmed cases of coronavirus is continuing to increase in them.
In Kazakhstan, the number of officially confirmed coronavirus cases has been reported at 1128,000 as of the evening of August 30, of which 81,558 have recovered and 1,795 have died.
In Uzbekistan, 41,424 cases of COVID-19 have been reported as of the evening of August 30, of which 38,655 have recovered and 313 have died.
In Kyrgyzstan, the number of officially confirmed cases of coronavirus has been reported at 43,820 as of the evrning of aUGUST 30, of which 38,198 have recovered and 1,059 have died. .
Turkmenistan authorities still deny the pandemic has reached the country, but local hospitals have reportedly been overwhelmed with patients with pneumonia symptoms, some of whom, including medical personnel, have died.
