Shafaq News/ The Iraqi Ministry of Health announced, on Friday, registering 70 deaths,3346 new cases and 1888 recovery from COVID-19 over the past 24 hours.

This is the highest daily case count since the outbreak of the pandemic, as it surpassed the milestone of 3000 cases in a single day.

The ministry said in a statement received by Shafaq News, that "17634 swabs were examined in all the specialized laboratories in Iraq for this day, Bringing the total number of samples examined since the beginning of the outbreak in Iraq to 1000969".

The statement added, "The Ministry of Health and Environment recorded today 1888 recovery cases in Iraq, distributed as follows:

Baghdad / Al-Rusafa 210

Baghdad / Al-Karkh 293

Medical City 113

Najaf 142

Al-Sulaymaniyah 20

Erbil 53

Duhok 5

Karbala 135

Kirkuk 118

Diyala 76

Wasit 78

Basra 210

Maysan 62

Babel 102

Al-Diwaniyah 79

Dhi Qar 65

Al-Anbar 22

Nineveh 26

Saladin 79

The total case count for today was 3346 cases, as follows:

Baghdad/ Al-Rusafa 203

Baghdad/ Al-Karkh 803

Medical City 75

Najaf 128

Al-Sulaymaniyah 90

Erbil 230

Duhok 48

Karbala 275

Kirkuk 117

Diyala 116

Wasit 119

Basra 350

Maysan 94

Babel 208

Al-Diwaniyah 123

Dhi Qar 76

Al-Anbar 36

Al-Muthanna 135

Nineveh 96

Saladin 24

The ministry added that the deaths were 70 cases, as follows:

Baghdad/ Al-Rusafa 8

Baghdad/ Al-Karkh 7

Medical City 1

Al-Sulaymaniyah 6

   Erbil 5

Karbala 3

Kirkuk 4

Diyala 2

Wasit 3

Basra 8

Maysan 1

Babel 10

Al-Diwaniyah 7

Dhi Qar 1

Al-Muthanna 1

Nineveh 2

Saladin 1

The ministry stated that the total count of recovery cases is 87,434, with a cure rate of 70.2%), while the total number of confirmed cases increased to 124,609, including 32,434 inpatients and 454 ICU-patients. The death toll is 4741.