76 officially confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported in Tajikistan over the past weekend (November 14-15) bringing the total number of the officially confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the country to 11,610 as of the morning of November 16, according to the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP).

The number of the coronavirus-linked deaths has not changed – 85 cases.

10,973 coronavirus patients have reportedly recovered in the country as of the morning of November 16, a MoHSPP says.   

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 affecting 217 countries and territories around the world.

According to COVID-19 data provided by Worldometer, coronavirus cases around the globe have been reported at 54,817,942 since China reported its first cases to the World Health Organization (WHO) in December.  Of them, 38,140,131 have recovered and 1,324,526 have died.

The United States has reported more than 10.8 million cases and more than 245,000 deaths since the start of the pandemic, CNN said today morning.  An influential Covid-19 model projects the United States death toll may reach 439,000 by March 1.