According to the data from the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP), 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 12,194 as of the evening of November 30.

The number of coronavirus-linked deaths remains the same in the country – 86, a MoHSPP says.

40 COVID-19 patients were reportedly discharged after recovery yesterday.  In all, 11,599 (97.4 percent) coronavirus patients have reportedly recovered in the country as of the evening of November 30. 

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 218 countries and territories around the world and 2 international conveyances. 

As far as the Central Asian region is concerned, all countries in Central Asia, except Turkmenistan, have officially reported COVID-19 cases.  According to data from Worldometer, coronavirus cases in Uzbekistan have been reported at 73,041 as of the morning of December 1.  Of them, 70,303 have recovered and 608 have died.

Kazakhstan has reported 132,348 officially confirmed coronavirus cases as of the morning of December Of them, 116,863 have recovered and 1,990 have died.  

In Kyrgyzstan, 72,807 coronavirus cases have been reported as of the morning of December 1.  Of them, 64,149 have recovered and 1,271 have died.