KABUL, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan reported 253 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday, raising its national tally to 47,641, including 8,291 active cases, the country's Ministry of Public Health said.
Meanwhile, 138 more people recovered, taking the overall number of recoveries to 37,485, while 18 deaths were reported, raising the death toll to 1,865, according to a ministry's statement.
Laboratories across Afghanistan have completed 157,316 tests since the outbreak of the pandemic in February. Enditem
