KABUL (SW) – The health ministry on Tuesday confirmed 2202 new cases of coronavirus and 73 corresponding deaths in the past 24 hours.
According to the Ministry of Public Health, the overall death toll to the COVID-19 pandemic surged to 4366 while the sum of overall cases peaked to 107,957 as the country grapples with the shortages of oxygen, vaccine and other resources.
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The new cases of infections were confirmed out of 5499 tests in different provinces and the capital Kabul.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said last week that the Infection rates have skyrocketed by around 2,400 per cent in the past month as an estimated 14 million of Afghans face constant threat of violence, displacement, food insecurity and poverty.
“Afghanistan is at a crisis point in the battle to contain COVID-19 as hospital beds are full to capacity in the capital Kabul and in many areas. This surge is fast spiraling out of control adding huge pressures on our fragile health system and millions of people living in poverty. We fear that we are just a heartbeat away from the kind of horror that we have already seen in countries like India and Nepal”, warned Dr Nilab Mobarez, Acting President of Afghan Red Crescent Society.
In February, Afghanistan began the rollout of the Indian-made COVID-19 vaccine as it calls for more international support to vaccinate at least 20% of the estimated population of 38 million this year, and 60% by the end of 2022.
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