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Afghanistan reports 5 new COVID-19 cases
KABUL, Oct. 2, 2020 (BSS/XINHUA) – Afghanistan on Friday reported five new COVID-19 cases within the past 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 39,290, the country’s Ministry of Public Health confirmed.
“During the past 24 hours, 211 suspected cases were tested, out of which five cases were tested coronavirus positive in Kabul, Zabul and Daykundi provinces of the country’s 34 provinces,” the ministry said in a statement.
No patient died during the period, and the number of people who lost their lives to the disease remained at 1,458 since the outbreak of the pandemic in Afghanistan in February.
The number of people recovered stands at 32,842 after no new recovery was registered since early Thursday.
The ministry has conducted 111,521 tests since February, according to statistics of the ministry.
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