The Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday reported 174 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 591 samples tested in the last 24 hours.    

The Public Health Ministry also reported four deaths and 12 recoveries from COVID-19 in the same period.

The new cases were reported in Kabul (24), Herat (45), Balkh (28), Kandahar (8), Nangarhar (28), Daikundi (2), Badghis (3), Logar (1), Ghor (1), Parwan (2), Nimroz (12),

Kunar (3) Laghman (8), Nuristan (7), and Uruzgan (2) provinces.  

The deaths were reported in Herat province. The recoveries were reported in Kandahar province. 

The data by the ministry shows that the cumulative number of total cases is now 42,969, the number of total reported deaths is 1,595, and the total number of recoveries is 35,036.        

So far, 128,473 samples have been tested in the government centers and there are 6,338 known active COVID-19 cases in the country, data by the ministry indicates.