The Ministry of Public Health on Saturday reported 1,095 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 3,840 samples tested in the last 24 hours.

The ministry also reported 56 deaths and 300 recoveries from COVID-19 in the same period.

The deaths were reported in Kabul (27), Balkh (2), Kandahar (1), Takhar (1), Kunduz (2), Faryab (3), Helmand (2), Paktia (2), Nimroz (2), Kapisa (1), Ghazni (2), Panjshir (3), Daikundi (1), Zabul (1), Ghor (1), Khost (1) and Samangan (1) provinces.

The new cases were reported in Kabul (166), Herat (4), Kandahar (30), Balkh (43), Nangarhar (36), Takhar (57), Faryab (68), Maidan Wardak (36), Parwan (28), Helmand (28), Bamiyan (128), Badakhshan (58), Kapisa (35), Logar (22), Laghman (61), Daikundi (17), Zabul (44), Ghor (61), Farah (67), Sar-e-Pul (4), Nuristan (4) and Samangan (44) provinces.

So far Afghanistan has recorded 114,220 cases of COVID-19, 4,650 deaths and 67,483 recoveries, according to data provided by the Ministry of Public Health.

The data shows that so far, 592,610 samples have been tested for COVID-19 and there are 41,442 active cases of the virus in the country.

According to the ministry, the COVID-19 positivity rate in the county is 33%.

Figures by Johns Hopkins University show that the number of deaths from COVID-19 globally is more than 3,910,311 and the number of known global coronavirus cases is 180,447,976.