Afghanistan's COVID-19 caseload reaches 53,981

By ANI | Published: January 16, 2021 06:26 PM2021-01-16T18:26:11+5:302021-01-16T18:35:02+5:30

Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health on Saturday reported 46 new COVID-19 positive cases, totalling the number of patients infected with the disease to 53,981 in the country.

Afghanistan's COVID-19 caseload reaches 53,981 | Afghanistan's COVID-19 caseload reaches 53,981

Afghanistan's COVID-19 caseload reaches 53,981

Afghstan's Ministry of Public Health on Saturday reported 46 new COVID-19 positive cases, totalling the number of patients infected with the disease to 53,981 in the country.

A total of 1,341 tests were conducted over the past 24 hours and 46 were positive in 15 out of the country's 34 provinces, the public health ministry said in a statement released here.

Three patients died over the period, taking the death toll to 2,339 since the outbreak of the virus in February in Afghstan, the statement added.

A total of 31 patients recovered over the past 24 hours, the statement further said, without mentioning the number of recovered ones since February. (/Xinhua)

( With inputs from ANI )

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