One more COVID-19 patient died in Tajikistan yesterday bringing a total number of the officially confirmed coronavirus-linked deaths in the country to 80, according to the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP).

38 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 10,374 as of the evening of October 15, a MoHSPP says.  

72 COVID-19 patients were reportedly discharged after recovery yesterday.  In all, 9,317 coronavirus patients have reportedly recovered in the country as of the evening of October 15. 

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.