Wahid Majroh, health deputy minister, announced on Sunday that in the past 24 hours 361 positive cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Afghanistan, bringing the total to 4402.

According to Majroh, five patients have died in the past 24 hours, while 65 others have recovered from the lethal coronavirus.

The death toll from COVID-19 in Afghanistan now has reached 120, and 558 patients have recovered so far.

The new positive cases have been reported in Kabul, Herat, Kandahar, Balkh, Paktia, Ghazni, Nangarhar, Laghman, Wardak, Samangan, Jawzjan, Panjshir, Paktika, Zabul, Parwan, Kunar, Badakhshan and Sar-e-Pul provinces.

In this episode, host Karim Amini discusses the topic with Wahidullah Majroh, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Public Health, Dr Tariq Farhadi, lecturer at the university and Taj Mohammad Talash, an economic analyst.