The Ministry of Public Health announced on Tuesday that in the past 24 hours 281 positive cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Afghanistan, bringing the total to 4,963.

The new cases have been reported in Kabul (84), Balkh (33), Wardak (28), Nangarhar (20), Badghis (20), Takhar (14), Kandahar (13), Herat (12), Panjshir (12), Paktia (1), Nimruz (1), Helmand (7), Ghor (2), Baghlan (1), Samangan (1), Jawzjan (4), Faryab (1), Kunduz (5), Zabul (5), Parwan (4), Kapisa (3), Badakhshan (3), Sar-e-Pul (5) and Uruzgan (1).

Five people have died in the past 24 hours, bringing total deaths to 127.

The total number of recoveries is 610.

Kabul is still one of the worst hotspots for COVID-19-- in the past 24 hours out of 212 cases 84 were positive.

So far 18,098 people have been tested in the country.

The number of deaths from COVID-19 globally is more than 286,513, and 4,190,817 have been infected with the virus, according to Johns Hopkins University.