NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – Kazakhstan has recorded 978 new cases of the coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours, pushing the total number of infections to 168,096, Kazinform has learnt from coronavirus2020.kz.The highest three-digit number of fresh COVID-19 cases have been registered in Pavlodar region as well as the cities of Nur-Sultan and Almaty – 135, 128, and 115, respectively.
    Almaty and Atyrau regions have almost crossed the mark of ‘100’, adding 92 and 91 fresh infections, accordingly.
    79 new COVID-19 cases have been detected in Akmola region, 72 – in Kostanay region, 57 – in Karaganda region, 54 – in North Kazakhstan region, 46 – in West Kazakhstan region, 30 – in East Kazakhstan region, 23 – in Zhambyl region, 17 – in Mangistau region, 16 – in Turkestan region, 13 – in Shymkent city, 7 – in Aktobe region, 3 – in Kyzylorda region.