Over 170 Covid-19 cases registered in the past 24hrs: MoPH

KABUL (Pajhwok): The number of coronavirus patients in Afghanistan reached 42,969 with the fresh 174 new cases registered nationwide in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said on Friday.

According to the MoPH 591 suspected cases brought to different labs in the past 24 hours in which 174 tested positive.

Twelve persons have recovered from coronavirus during the period taking the total number of recovered persons to 35,036.

Four people have died from the virus that took the total number of deaths to 1,595.

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