First deputy governor of Turkestan state in Kazakhstan died of COVID-19

The first deputy governor of the Turkestan region, Kosman Aitmukhambetov, died of COVID-19 at the age of 57 on Wednesday, local media reported citing officials.

Kazakhstan reported 1,674 new cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 65,188 and the death toll to 375, according to the country's official data on Thursday.