Afghanistan saw an increase in Coronavirus cases as the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) found 121 samples positive from the 741 they tested in the past 24 hours.

The total number of cases in the country is now 36,157, with 9,718 cases active.

New cases were reported in the provinces of Khost (30), Herat (25), Ghor (20), Takhar (9), Kandahar (8), Balkh (5), Badghis (4), Badakhshan (4), Kabul (3), Daykundi (3), Wardak (2), Helmand (2), Paktia (1), Nangarhar (1), Kunduz (1), Kunar (1), Zabul (1), and Uruzgan (1).
The MoPH said 12 people had died in the past day and 387 had recovered, taking that tally to 1,259 deaths and 25,180 recovered so far.