The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) reported a large single-day spike in new Coronavirus cases as 141 of the 468 samples tested were found to be positive in Afghanistan in the past 24 hours.
Of the total cases, 105 were reported in Herat along, with eight each in Takhar and Balkh, seven in Kunduz, six in Kabul, two in Kandahar, two in Zabul, two in Paktia and one in Bamiyan.
The MoPH also reported that two COVID-19 patients had succumbed to the illness while 34 had recovered in the past day.
Afghanistan has confirmed 40,510 Coronavirus cases so far, of which 5,185 are active while 1,501 are dead and 33,824 have recovered.
