The number of officially confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Tajikistan has reached nearly 6,700 as of July 15.

52 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 6,695 as of the evening of July 15, according to the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP).

5,383 COVID-19 patients have reportedly recovered as of the evening of July 15, 2020.  51 coronavirus survivors were reportedly discharged from hospitals yesterday.

According to a MoHSPP, an official number of the coronavirus-linked deaths in the country is 56.  

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.