Coronavirus cases surpass 167 thousand in Uzbekistan

According to the Ministry of Health, the total number of registered coronavirus cases has reached 167,268 (+624).

Reportedly, 216 COVID-19 cases were registered in the city of Tashkent, 65 – in Karakalpakstan, 15 – in Andijan, 9 – in Bukhara, 14 – in Jizzakh, 5 – in Kashkadarya, 6 – in Navoi, 17 – in Namangan, 51 – in Samarkand, 10 – in Syrdarya, 18 – in Surkhandarya, 56 – in Fergana, 19 – in Khorezm and 123 – in Tashkent region.

4 COVID-19 patients died yesterday, the official death toll – 1,179.

As of September 16, the number of recovered stands at 160,421 (+977).

Also, 133 people tested positive for pneumonia on Thursday, bringing the total number of cases to 25,956. According to the Ministry of Health, 525 of them recovered yesterday (21,297 in total).

1 pneumonia patients died on September 16, and to date, the number of deaths from pneumonia is 211.