A woman receives a dose of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a temporary vaccination unit set up at a former TikTok studio in the MEGA Park mall in Almaty, Kazakhstan June 23, 2021. REUTERS FILE PHOTO
ALMATY — Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan reported record new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, standing at 7,792 and 951 respectively, authorities in the two biggest Central Asian countries said.
Uzbekistan has a population of 34 million compared with Kazakhstan’s 19 million but the latter does more tests while Uzbek daily figures are more indicative of cases requiring hospitalization.
Kazakhstan also reported a record 158 deaths from COVID-19 and pneumonia on Thursday. The figure refers to deaths registered on Aug. 3.
Kazakhstan has administered a first COVID-19 vaccine dose to 5.6 million people and 4.1 million have been fully inoculated.
In Uzbekistan, 5.2 million people have received the first dose, with about 1.3 million fully vaccinated.