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COVID-19 pandemic in Afghanistan | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Afghanistan |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Index case | Herat |
Arrival date | 24 February 2020 (4 years, 5 months, 3 weeks and 5 days) |
Confirmed cases | 235,214[1] |
Recovered | 201,269[2] |
Deaths | 7,998[1] |
Government website | |
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Afghanistan was part of the worldwide pandemic of COVID-19, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have spread to Afghanistan when its index case, in Herat, was confirmed on 24 February 2020.[3]
As of 17 August 2024, there have been 235,214[1] confirmed positive cases and 7,998[1] deaths. As of 13 September 2021, there have been 118,180 recoveries.[4] Kabul Province has had the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Afghanistan, at 18,896, followed by Herat with 9,343 cases, and Balkh with 3,431.[5] However, on 5 August 2020, an official survey from the Ministry of Public Health reported that approximately a third of the country's population, or roughly 10 million people had contracted COVID-19.[6][7]