The Ministry of Public Health on Friday reported 28 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1, 391 samples tested in the last 24 hours.  

The ministry also reported three deaths and 111 recoveries from COVID-19 in the same period.  

The new cases were reported in Kabul (4), Herat (3), Kandahar (3), Balkh (8), Nangarhar (2), Maidan Wardak (1), Kapisa (2), Helmand (2) and Uruzgan (3) provinces.   

The deaths were reported in Herat province, according to data provided by the Ministry of Public Health.    

The ministry says the cumulative total of known COVID-19 cases is 55,473, the total number of reported deaths is 2,427, and the total number of recoveries is 48,390.    

So far, 272,256 samples have been tested in government centers and there are 4,656 known active COVID-19 cases in the country, data by the ministry indicates.    

The number of deaths from COVID-19 globally is more than 2,369,471 and the number of known global coronavirus cases is 107,807,456, according to Johns Hopkins University.