One more coronavirus-linked death was officially confirmed in Tajikistan yesterday, bringing a total number of the coronavirus-linked deaths that have been officially registered in the country since June 21, 2021 to twenty-eight.

Thus, a total number of the officially confirmed coronavirus-linked deaths in Tajikistan has reached 118 since April 30, 2020, when the infection index cases were officially confirmed in Dushanbe and Khujand.

Meanwhile, 81 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been officially confirmed in Tajikistan as of the evening of July 26, bringing a total number of COVID-19 cases officially reported in the country since June 21 to 1,365.

The total number of the officially confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in Tajikistan has reached 14,673 since April 30, 2020, when its index cases were confirmed in the country.  

A MoHSPP says seventy-one COVID-19 patients recovered in the country yesterday, bringing a total number of those who have been cured in Tajikistan since April 30, 2020 to 14,167 (99 percent).

Meanwhile, according to unofficial data, the number of affected persons and deaths is in the thousands, because there are more infections, and the disease has become more severe. 

It is to be noted that health ministry has eventually admitted the presence of COVID’s Delta variant in Tajikistan.  First Deputy Minister of Health and Social Protection of the Population Ghafour Muhsinzoda noted this yesterday at a news conference in Dushanbe.

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 30 April 2020.