April 12 (The Killid Group) — Over the past 24 hours, at least 52 cases of infection were detected and tested in Afghanistan, bringing the toll to 607, said health officials.
Waheedullah Mayar, health ministry spokesperson said in a news conference on Sunday that the total infections in the country has now jumped to 607, with a total of 19 deaths and 38 recoveries.
According to the data provided by health ministry spokesperson, the new confirmed cases include 28 in Kabul, 7 in Herat, 8 in Kandahar, 4 in Balkh, 2 in Bamyan, and one in each Helmand, Paktia and Nangarhar provinces.
Amid spread of the contagious coronavirus across the country, Afghanistan, however, has been working to improve its testing as well as treatment capacity in a bid to better control the virus.
The novel coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, which first emerged in China’s central city of Wuhan has now spread to almost every continent and has killed thousands of people, mostly in Italy and Spain.
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