FILE PHOTO: Afghan men take part in prayers during Eid al-Fitr, a Muslim festival marking the end the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a mosque, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Laghman province, Afghanistan May 24, 2020. REUTERS/Parwiz/
KABUL (Reuters) - Fewer than one in 10 of coronavirus test samples collected daily in Afghanistan are being processed, officials said on Tuesday, and of those more than 30% are consistently testing positive, suggesting a high and hidden number of infections.
The official number of COVID-19 cases in Afghanistan is relatively low, with 16,509 confirmed infections and 270 deaths. But that is out from 40,950 tests processed in a population of more than 37 million.
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