Back جائحة فيروس كورونا في أفغانستان Arabic COVID-19-Pandemie in Afghanistan German Pandemia de COVID-19 en Afganistán Spanish دنیاگیری کووید-۱۹ در افغانستان Persian Pandémie de Covid-19 en Afghanistan French Pandemi Covid-19 di Afganistan ID Pandemia di COVID-19 in Afghanistan Italian Pageblug Covid-19 ing Afghanistan JV 아프가니스탄의 코로나19 범유행 Korean په افغانستان کې د کوېډ-۱۹ وبا Pashto/Pushto
 | This article needs to be updated. (September 2021) |
| COVID-19 pandemic in Afghanistan | |
|---|---|
| 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, 2 months, 3 weeks and 2 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 235,214[1] |
| Recovered | 201,269[2] |
Deaths | 7,998[1] |
| Government website | |
| moph | |
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 May 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]
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- ^ "Afghanistan confirms 1st case of coronavirus". www.aa.com.tr. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "MOPH-COVID-19 Dashboard". covid.moph-dw.org. Archived from the original on 14 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "Current Cases of COVID-19". tolonews.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ "10 Million Afghans Likely Infected and Recovered From COVID-19: Survey | Voice of America - English". www.voanews.com. 5 August 2020. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ "Survey finds at least 10 million Afghans infected with COVID-19". Ariana News. 5 August 2020. Archived from the original on 14 December 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
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