One COVID-19 patient died yesterday, bringing a total number of the noel coronavirus-linked deaths in the country to 61, according to the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP).

43 new officially confirmed cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported in Tajikistan yesterday, bringing a total number of officially confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country to 7,495 as of the morning of August, 3, a MoHSPP said.  

6,276 COVID-19 patients have reportedly recovered as of the morning of August 3, 2020.

Besides, more than 1,100 people in Tajikistan have reportedly been treating COVID-19 at home under supervision of family doctors.    

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. 

Coronavirus cases around the globe have been reported at 18,002,567 as of the morning of August 3, 2020, of which 10,649,108 have recovered and more than 687,000 have died.

As far as the Central Asian region is concerned, the number of coronavirus cases in Kazakhstan was reported at 91,500 as of the morning of August 3. In Uzbekistan, 25,300 cases of COVID-19 were reported as of the morning of August 3.  In Kyrgyzstan, the number of coronavirus cases as of the morning of August 3 was 36,700, including 1,409 deaths.