Shafaq News / The Iraqi Ministry of Health announced, on Wednesday, that more than 4 thousand cases and 85 deaths of COVID-19 were registered today, while it indicated that 2529 patients have recovered from the disease over the past 24 hours. 

In the daily epidemiological report in Iraq issued by the ministry on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, the Ministry said that 20,356 samples have been examined in all specialized laboratories in Iraq for this day, bringing the total number of samples examined in Iraq since the beginning of the outbreak to 1345459.

The Ministry of Health stated that it recorded 2529 recovery cases in Iraq today, distributed as follows:

Baghdad / Al-Rusafa 284

Baghdad / Al-Karkh 202

Medical City 91

Najaf 203

Al-Sulaymaniyah 41

Erbil 122

Karbala 237

Kirkuk 96

Diyala 95

Wasit 51

Basra 222

Maysan 104

Babel 237

Al-Diwaniyah 109

Dhi Qar 130

Al-Anbar 57

Nineveh 150

Saladin 98

The Ministry indicated that the new confirmed cases for today amounted to 4,093 cases, as follows:

Baghdad/ Al-Rusafa 444

Baghdad/ Al-Karkh 355

Medical City 104

Najaf 265

Al-Sulaymaniyah 150

Erbil 157

Duhok 136

Karbala 218

Kirkuk 148

Diyala 193

Wasit 264

Basra 492

Maysan 175

Babel 210

Al-Diwaniyah 130

Dhi Qar 217

Al-Anbar 134

Al-Muthanna 178

Nineveh 87

Saladin 36

The statement added that 85 patient passed away from the complications of the virus, as follows:

Baghdad/ Al-Rusafa 4

Baghdad/ Al-Karkh 5

Medical City 4

Al-Sulaymaniyah 8

  Erbil 14

Karbala 6

Kirkuk 5

Diyala 2

Wasit 3

Basra 9

Maysan 1

Babel 9

Al-Diwaniyah 1

Dhi Qar 2

Al-Anbar 1

Al-Muthanna 3

Nineveh 6

Saladin 2

The ministry indicated that the total count of recovery cases amounted to 134,369; with a cure rate of 71.2%, while the total number of cases reached 188,802; including 48,312 inpatients, 582 ICU-patients. The death toll in the country has reached 6121 since the outbreak of the virus in the country earlier in May.