NUR-SULTAN -- Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev tweeted on Friday that COVID-19 and other pneumonia data must be made more transparent to the public.

"In addition to coronavirus, pneumonia causes great damage to the health and life of citizens," Tokayev wrote.

The president said the public should have access to all data concerning the country's epidemiological situation. The more transparent the statistics are, the faster the country can defeat the epidemic.

Kazakhstan reported 1,707 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, taking the total tally to 66,895, including 375 deaths and 40,256 recoveries.

At a government meeting on July 10, Kazakh Health Minister Alexei Tsoi said that 98,546 non-COVID-19 pneumonia cases had been recorded since the beginning of the year.