KABUL (SW) – The Ministry of Public Health has confirmed that at least 67 people have died of coronavirus in the country overnight and 973 people have recently been infected with the virus.
The new cases were confirmed from test of 3,442 suspected patients.
According to official statistics, the number of casualties in the past 24 hours has been unprecedented since the beginning of the pandemic in the country. Over the past 24 hours, some 350 patients recovered.
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According to the statistics of the Ministry of Public Health, with the registration of new cases and deaths, the number of patients has reached 89,861 and the number of dead has reached 3,527.
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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