KABUL (SW) – The Ministry of Public Health on Saturday recorded the highest death toll of 41 in a single day to the coronavirus pandemic so far.
According to the MoPH, 41 COVID-19 patients had died in the country overnight and 1,273 new infections were recorded. The new cases were confirmed out of 3,346 suspected patients.
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According to official statistics, some 140 patients recovered after initially contracting the virus. With the registration of new cases of infections and deaths, the number of infected people has reached 79,236 and the number of deaths has reached to 3,145.
A 100-bed dedicated facility for coronavirus patients was inaugurated by the health minister Waheed Majroh at the Mohammad Ali Jinnah Hospital on Thursday.
Speaking on the occasion, the health minister said this was the maiden facility of the sort in the country with for Covid-19 patients to be equipped with an oxygen generator.
He further warned the country will witness peak of the pandemic in the next two to four weeks, and citizens should take the ministry’s recommendations seriously.
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