The Ministry of Public Health on Monday reported 1,566 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 5,032 samples tested in the last 24 hours.      

The ministry also reported 30 deaths and 181 recoveries from COVID-19 in the same period.   

The new cases were reported in Kabul (482), Balkh (144), Kandahar (151), Herat (22), Nangarhar (47), Takhar (54), Baghlan (7), Kunduz (66), Faryab (13), Nimruz (103), Parwan (199), Helmand (14), Paktia (14), Maidan Wardak (31), Badakhshan (19) Laghman (19), Kapisa (53), Bamiyan (8), Ghazni (20), Daikundi (6), Panjshir (34), Badghis (1), Zabul (2), Ghor (9), Uruzgan (3), Khost (5), Sar-e-Pul (29), Paktika (8) and Jawzjan (20) provinces. 

Deaths were reported in Kabul (19), Balkh (2), Nangarhar (2), Baghlan (1), Helmand (1), Maidan Wardak (1), Logar (1), Ghazni (2) and Jawzjan (1) provinces.      

The ministry reported that the cumulative total of known COVID-19 cases is 73,256, the total number of reported deaths is 2,974, and the total number of recoveries is 57,630.      

So far, 474,132 samples have been tested in government centers and there are 12,652 known active COVID-19 cases in the country, data by the ministry indicates.      

According to Johns Hopkins University, the number of deaths from COVID-19 globally is more than 3,541,881 and the number of known global coronavirus cases is 170,377,345.