A doctor checks on a COVID-19 patient at a hospital in Kandahar city, Afghanistan, Feb. 16, 2021. Afghanistan recorded 17 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing its total tally to 55,557, according to its Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/Xinhua)
KABUL, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan recorded 17 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing its total tally to 55,557, according to its Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday.
The ministry also said in a statement that two more patients died from the coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 2,430 in total since the COVID-19 outbreak in the Central Asian country in February last year.
An additional 112 patients have recovered from COVID-19, bringing the total number of recoveries to 48,626 in Afghanistan. Enditem
