New Delhi (NVI): At least 414 new coronavirus cases have been reported in Afghanistan in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 6,053 across the country, according to Afghan media reports.
Among the new cases, 162 were reported in Kabul, 132 in Herat, 26 in Nangarhar, 19 in Samangan, 13 in Kandahar, 12 in Paktia, 8 in Laghman, 2 in Ghazni, 1 in Helmand, 5 in Kunduz, 9 in Jawzjan, 6 in Faryab, 5 in Zabul, 4 in Paktika, 2 in Kapisa, 3 in Badakhshan, 1 in Sar-e-Pul, 1 in Daikundi and 3 in Khost.
Kabul still tops the list with 1,718 positive cases of coronavirus.
According to the country’s health ministry, 17 people have died of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the national death toll to 153.
Meanwhile, the Afghan government increased the testing capacity to more than 1,100 samples per day. Almost 1,122 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.
So far more than 20,854 samples have been tested.
The number of confirmed cases is going up as people are not taking the lockdown seriously and markets and streets are flooded with crowd since the last two days, despite warnings by the country’s Public Health Ministry, local media reports said.
At least 745 people have been cured or completely recovered across the country.
