18 Afghans die from Covid-19 in past 24 hours

KABUL Pajhwok): The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Saturday said 253 new positive Covid-19 cases were detected during the last 24 hours that saw 18 people losing battle for life to the infection.

The ministry said 1,400 people underwent tests during the past 24 hours and the virus was detected in 253 people, pushing the total number of cases in the country to 47,641.

Of the fresh cases, 73 were registered in Kabul, 27 in Balkh, 22 in Nangarhar, 20 in Parwan, 17 each in Kandahar, Ghazni and Paktia, 16 in Khost, 12 in Paktika, 11 in Jawzjan, five in Helmand, four in Sar-i-Pul, four in Laghman, two in Bamyan, two in Nimroz and one each in Baghlan, Logar, MaidanWardak and Uruzgan.

At least 138 individuals were recovered from the pandemic during the past 24 hours, taking the recoveries to 37,485.

The ministry said that 18 people lost their lives to the virus during the period and the total tally of deaths reached 1,865.

The ministry has announced that the second wave of the pandemic has begun in the country and people should follow the virus preventive guidelines.

Sa/ma

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