Afghan local officials in Nangarhar province say at least 23 new cases of the coronavirus have been registered in the province’s laboratory which the first positive case of Nuristan is among them.

The Nangarhar governor’s press office in a press release said that the new cases include 11 cases in Nangarhar province, 2 cases in Kunar and one case in Nuristan province.
Previously, Nuristan was the only province of Afghanistan which had no reports of the coronavirus.