Kabul [Afghanistan], November 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Afghanistan on Wednesday recorded 146 new confirmed COVID-19 cases after health authorities conducted 555 tests within a day, bringing the country's total tally to 42,609.

The Public Health Ministry said in a statement that the new cases were reported in 11 of Afghanistan's 34 provinces.A total of 1,581 deaths have been recorded since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in February in the country, including four new deaths recorded in the past 24 hours.

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Out of the total infected people, 34,967 patients have recovered, including 13 people newly discharged from hospitals.Laboratories across Afghanistan have completed 127,290 tests since February. (ANI/Xinhua)

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