COVID-19: more than 2960 new cases in Iraq today
Shafaq News / The Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment registered, on Wednesday, the highest daily caseload of COVID-19, with 2968 cases, 2399 recoveries and 68 fatalities.
In a statement, the ministry said that 18556 tests were performed today, raising the total number performed tests since the beginning of the outbreak in the country to 965317.
2399 cases of recovery were registered in Iraq, distributed as follows:
Baghdad / Al-Rusafa 223
Baghdad / Al-Karkh 255
Medical City 102
Najaf 105
Al-Sulaymaniyah 158
Erbil 62
Duhok 5
Karbala 212
Kirkuk 131
Diyala 58
Wasit 203
Basra 155
Maysan 69
Babel 216
Al-Diwaniyah 87
Dhi Qar 60
Al-Anbar 27
Al-Muthanna 235
Nineveh 36
The newly diagnosed cases were distributed as follows:
Baghdad/ Al-Rusafa 326
Baghdad/ Al-Karkh 205
Medical City 85
Najaf 76
Al-Sulaymaniyah 139
Erbil 139
Duhok 24
Karbala 231
Kirkuk 99
Diyala 138
Wasit 170
Basra 334
Maysan 92
Babel 159
Al-Diwaniyah 118
Dhi Qar 51
Al-Anbar 35
Al-Muthanna 96
Nineveh 78
Saladin 76
The 68 fatalities were distributed as follows:
Baghdad/ Al-Rusafa 9
Baghdad/ Al-Karkh 9
Najaf 1
Al-Sulaymaniyah 2
Erbil 6
Karbala 6
Kirkuk 6
Diyala 2
Wasit 3
Basra 7
Maysan 1
Babel 4
Al-Diwaniyah 4
Dhi Qar 4
Al-Anbar 1
Nineveh 3
Since the outbreak of the pandemic in Iraq, the total cases of recovery amounted to 83461 with a recovery rate of 70.6%, the total number of cases positive to the virus has reached 118300, of which 30236 needed medical care and 433 were admitted to ICU. The death toll stands at 4603.
