{"id":94710,"date":"2020-06-07T06:37:23","date_gmt":"2020-06-07T06:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/lib\/new-cases-of-coronavirus-takes-the-total-beyond-20000\/"},"modified":"2020-06-07T06:37:23","modified_gmt":"2020-06-07T06:37:23","slug":"new-cases-of-coronavirus-takes-the-total-beyond-20000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/archive\/new-cases-of-coronavirus-takes-the-total-beyond-20000\/","title":{"rendered":"New cases of coronavirus takes the total beyond 20,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

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KABUL (SW) – The Ministry of Public Health said on Sunday that out of 1,427 samples taken from people suspected of having the coronavirus, the results of 791 proved positive.<\/p>\n

Dr. Waheed Majrouh, deputy minister for health services at the Ministry, said that the number of positive cases has now reached 20,342.<\/p>\n

The virus infected 313 people in Kabul, 128 in Khost, 94 in Herat, 79 in Kandahar, 49 in Nimroz, 18 in Nangarhar and 17 in Farah during past 24 hours.<\/p>\n

Similarly, the results of 14 patients proved positive in Samangan, 12 in Zabul, 11 in Parwan, 9 in Jawzjan, 8 in Nuristan, 8 in Panjshir, 7 in Kunar, 7 in Balkh, 6 in Badakhshan, 6 in Helmand, four in Ghor and one in Logar.<\/p>\n

In the past 24 hours, 30 patients with virus lost their lives with 23 in Herat, 2 in Khost, and 1 each in Balkh, Faryab and Helmand provinces. 45 patients recovered in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n

According to the Ministry of Public Health, a total of 357 people have died as a result of the coronavirus and 1,875 have recovered so far.<\/p>\n

Deputy minister Majrouh called on the citizens of the country to take into account the health recommendations included in the government's new plan.<\/p>\n

According to the plan, wearing masks in public places, observing a distance of two meters from each other, preventing gatherings of more than ten people, preventing elderly people from leaving their homes and disinfecting work environments are mandatory.<\/p>\n

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