46 new officially confirmed cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported in Tajikistan yesterday, bringing a total number of the officially confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country to 6,552 as of the evening of July 12, according to the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP).
5,228 (79.8 percent) COVID-19 patients have reportedly recovered as of the evening of July 12, 2020. 52 coronavirus survivors were reported discharged from hospitals yesterday.
According to a MoHSPP, an official number of the coronavirus-linked deaths in the country is 55.
Meanwhile, 190 people hospitalized on suspicion of contracting COVID-19 are under supervision of doctors. Johns Hopkins University
Recall, the MoHSPP says more than 1,000 people in Tajikistan have been treating COVID-19 at home. The condition of these patients is reportedly satisfactory and they are under supervision of family doctors.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Tajikistan is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have spread to Tajikistan when its index cases, in Dushanbe and Khujand, were confirmed on April 30, 2020.