KABUL, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan Ministry of Public Health on Thursday confirmed 17 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of patients in the country to 39,285, including 4,985 active cases.
A total of 375 tests were conducted within the past 24 hours, and 17 were positive in Kabul, Balkh, Baghlan, and Parwan provinces, the ministry said in a statement.
No patient died within the period, and the death toll remained at 1,458 since February, the statement added.
Fifty-three new recoveries were recorded since early Wednesday.
Laboratories across Afghanistan have completed 111,310 tests since February, according to figures of the ministry. Enditem
