Coronavirus pandemic: Number of victims increased to 17

Kazakhstan's death toll from COVID-19 increased to 17, as a patient died in Almaty over the past day, Report says, citing Operational Headquarters of the State Commission for Ensuring State of Emergency.

Almaty has recorded one fatal case of coronavirus. The patient was born in 1960," the Headquarters said.

So far, the country has confirmed 1,341 cases of COVID-19, while 17 people became victims of the pandemic.

Kazakhstan's President Kassym Jomart Tokayev extended the state of emergency, which has been in effect since March 16 until the end of April. The general quarantine will also continue in Nur-Sultan, Almaty, and Shymkent.

On March 11, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of a new COVID-19 coronavirus infection a pandemic.

According to the latest WHO data, global coronavirus tally exceeds 1.9 million, while and more than 123 thousand died.