KABUL (SW) – Afghanistan on Sunday recorded highest single-day death toll of 85 in the past 24 hours.
As per the statistics issued by the Ministry of Public Health, 1597 new infections of coronavirus were confirmed in this period. With this, the total number of cases surged to 91458.
- MoPH confirms 41 deaths, 1273 new cases to COVID-19
- Record single day deaths of 67 COVID-19 patients in 24 hours
Similarly, with the record single-day death toll, the total casualties surged to 3612.
Earlier this month, a 100-bed dedicated facility for coronavirus patients was inaugurated by the health minister Waheed Majroh at the Mohammad Ali Jinnah Hospital.
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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