The Afghan Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Thursday said that a COVID-19 variant is now circulating in all provinces of the country, with 317 cases recorded in Afghanistan so far.
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221 New Cases of COVID-19, 6 Deaths Reported in Afghanistan
The Ministry of Public Health on Monday reported 221 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,822 samples tested in the last 24 hours.
The ministry also reported six deaths and 323 recoveries from COVID-19 in the same period.
The new cases were reported in Kabul (76), Kandahar (50), Herat (21), Balkh (1), Nangarhar (7), Baghlan (9), Faryab (1), Helmand (17), Maidan Wardak (18), Badakhshan (6), Kunar (2), Laghman (6), Khost (5) and Samangan (2) provinces.
Deaths were reported in Kabul (2), Herat (1), Kandahar (2) and Nangarhar (1) provinces.
The ministry reported that the cumulative total of known COVID-19 cases is 63,819, the total number of reported deaths is 2,751, and the total number of recoveries is 55,009.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on CBS This Morning that people vaccinated against Covid-19 do not need to wear masks outside.