In Kazakhstan the death of an elderly woman does not consider in the statistics of COVID 19

NUR-SULTAN, 26 APR – RIA Novosti. A patient death from coronavirus, who was 97 years of age will not be taken into account in Kazakhstan in the statistics of deaths from COVID-19, said Sunday the Ministry of health of the Republic.

Earlier on Sunday the operational headquarters of the state Commission on maintenance of a mode of state of emergency reported that Alma-ATA was one case fatality from the coronavirus infection, the number of deaths thus increased to 26. According to the Department of public health, Alma-ATA, coronavirus infection was detected in 97-year-old patient, but the time of death from major diseases, including cerebrovascular accident, left hemiplegia, left-sided pneumonia and several others.

“the Death was caused by organic irreversible consequences caused by a sharp violation of brain blood circulation. At the same coronavirus infection, like a number of other serious diseases was associated. In this regard, the Commission for the investigation of deaths in patients who test positive for coronavirus infection in the management of public health Alma-ATA decided not to refer the case to a fatal because of coronavirus infection”, – is spoken in the Ministry message.

the Ministry said that to date, the country recorded 25 deaths from coronavirus infection.

In Kazakhstan to date, confirmed more than 2.6 thousand cases of coronavirus. The President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev extended due to the coronavirus to the end of April a state of emergency, which is valid from March 16, until that time extended quarantine in Nur-Sultan, Almaty and Shymkent.

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