30 new positive coronavirus cases have been reported in the past 24 hours, bringing the total cases to 1,026, said Wahidullah Mayar, a spokesman for the Health Ministry.
The 30 new positive coronavirus cases have been reported in Kabul (15), Herat (6), Laghman (4), Kunar (4) and Nangarhar (1) in the past 24 hours, Mayar said at a press conference.
He also confirmed that the head of Shinozada hospital in Kabul has died from the coronavirus. The hospital was closed several days ago after the first COVID-19 case was confirmed, he said.
Regarding the lack of testing kits in Kabul and other provinces, Mayar said: “We will receive 5,000 kits today from the UN,” adding that “more will be bought to solve the problem.”
The number of deaths from the COVID-19 disease globally is more than 165,238, and more than 2.4 million have been infected with the virus, according to Johns Hopkins University.
