A total number of officially confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has exceeded 12,000.

According to the data from the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP), 37 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 12,008 as of the evening of November 26.

The number of coronavirus-linked deaths remains the same in the country – 86, a MoHSPP says.

40 COVID-19 patients were reportedly discharged after recovery yesterday.  In all, 11,395 (97.4 percent) coronavirus patients have reportedly recovered in the country as of the evening of November 26. 

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 reportedly affecting 218 countries and territories around the world and 2 international conveyances. 

According to COVID-19 data provided by Worldometer, coronavirus cases around the globe have been reported at 60,720,501 since China reported its first cases to the World Health Organization (WHO) in December.  Of them, 42,031,578 have recovered and 1,426,834 have died.

The U.S. now has over 12.7 million COVID-19 cases with over 261,000 fatalities, both the highest in the world.

The United States could start distributing doses of a Covid-19 vaccine "soon after" December 10, the Health and Human Services secretary said, according to CNN.