Over the last 24 hours, 40 positive coronavirus cases have been reported in the country, Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz said Thursday, bringing the total registered number of cases in the country to 484.

According to the ministry, the new positive cases include 10 from Kabul, 14 from Nimroz, 7 from Kandahar, 4 from Paktia, 2 from Bamyan, 2 from Balkh and 1 from Logar province.

President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday announced the appointment of Dr. Fazal Mahmood Fazli as head of the administrative office of the president. Fazli was previously serving as senior adviser to the president on political affairs.

The new appointment comes as political tensions continue in the country between Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah over the election results.