39 new officially confirmed cases of the 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 10,336 as of the evening of October 14, according to the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP).

79 coronavirus-linked deaths have been reported in Tajikistan as of the evening of October 13, a MoHSPP says.  

68 COVID-19 patients were reportedly discharged after recovery yesterday.  In all, 9,245 coronavirus patients have reportedly recovered in the country as of the evening of October 14. 

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.    

The coronavirus COVID-19 is reportedly affecting 215 countries and territories around the world and 2 international conveyances.

According to COVID-19 data provided by Worldmeter, coronavirus cases around the globe have been reported at 38,746,513 since China reported its first cases to the World Health Organization (WHO) in December.  Of them, 29,126,752 have recovered and 1,096,881 have died.

According to CNN, the United States, India and Brazil have accounted for more than half of the world's recorded infections.