The Ministry of Public Health on Saturday reported 81 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 227 samples tested in the last 24 hours.

The Public Health Ministry also reported four deaths and 13 recoveries from COVID-19 in the same period. 

The new cases were reported in Kabul (6), Balkh (27), Kandahar (4), Takhar (23), Kapisa (11), Baghlan (7), Kunar (1) and Uruzgan (2) provinces.    

According to the Public Health Ministry’s data, the cumulative number of total cases is now 40,768, the number of total reported deaths is 1,511, and the total number of recoveries is 34,023.  

So far, 119,550 samples have been tested in the government centers and there are 5,234 known active COVID-19 cases in the country, data by the ministry indicates.        

The deaths were reported in Kabul and Nangarhar provinces. The recoveries were reported in Kandahar (5), and Kabul (8) provinces.