(MENAFN) Based on a confirmation made by the Afghan Ministry of Public Health, the combined number of the positive COVID-19 infections has jumped to 31,238, including 271 reported in the past 24-hour period ending on Monday.
The ministerial statement revealed that "Within the past 24 hours, 761 cases were tested, out of which 271 cases were tested coronavirus positive in 16 provinces of 34 Afghan provinces."
In the meantime, the total figure of patients who have won the battle against the most infectious COVID-19 disease has risen by 1,330 to 13,934, whereas another 12 patients succumbed to the virus, lifting the national death toll to 733.
The ministry further included that a mass testing were conducted for a number of 71,549 suspected COVID-19 cases all over the South Asian nation by Monday.
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