New Delhi (NVI): At least 232 new coronavirus positive cases have been reported in Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 2,171 across the country, according to Afghan media reports.
The country’s Ministry of Public Health spokesman said that 581 samples were tested from 23 provinces in the last 24 hours.
Among the new coronavirus cases, 45 were reported in Kandahar, Balkh (41), Herat (34), Kabul (20), Ghazni (12), Paktia (10), Logar (10), Samangan (9), Panjshir (9), Takhar (8), Kunduz (7), Baghlan (5), Nangarhar (5), Badghis (4), Wardak (4), Laghman (3), Paktika (2), Parwan (2), Sar-e-Pul (1) and Faryab (1).
According to the country’s health ministry, more than 10,022 samples have been tested so far.
PCR testing for COVID-19 will be started from today in Afghan-Japan hospital in Kabul, and huge reforms have implemented in the hospital. There will be no more complaints of a shortage of testing in the hospital, the ministry added.
Meanwhile, two people in Herat and one in Kabul province died of coronavirus, taking the death toll to 64 across the country, as per media reports.
So far, 260 people have been cured or discharged.
