Shafaq News/ On Friday, Iraq recorded 6569 new cases of Covid-19 to bring its total to 2,240,294, the Ministry of Health and Environment said.

It reported 21 deaths. Its coronavirus death toll reached 24,476.

It also reported 7312 recoveries to bring its total to 2,137,200 (95.4%).

The COVID-19 intensive care patients count to 175.

Baghdad/Karkh recorded the highest number of infections (1145).

So far, the Ministry of Health and Environment has conducted 17,534,658 tests in all governorates.

9,375,897 people have been vaccinated so far

It is worth noting that Iraq ranks 1st in the Arab world and 36th place globally.

According to the Reuters Covid-19 tracker, 124 infections per 100K people were reported last seven days.

Iraq has administered at least 15,769,592 doses of COVID vaccines so far. Assuming every person needs two doses, that’s enough to have vaccinated about 20.1% of the country’s population.

COVID-19 infections are increasing in Iraq, with 7,189 new infections reported on average each day. That’s 60% of the peak — the highest daily average reported on August 2.

During the last week reported, Iraq averaged about 43,734 doses administered each day. At that rate, it will take an additional 180 days to administer enough doses for another 10% of the population.