Shafaq News / The Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment registered, on Thursday, 1261 new Covid-19 cases, 354 recoveries and 31 fatalities in the past 24 hours.

The ministry said in a statement received by Shafaq News agency that, 9342 tests were performed today, raising the total number of performed tests since the beginning of the outbreak in the country to 339868".

The newly diagnosed cases are distributed as follows:

Baghdad / Al-Rusafa 123

Baghdad / Al-Karkh 174

Medical City 267

Najaf 14

Al-Sulaymaniyah 58

Erbil 11

Duhok 3

Karbala 33

Kirkuk 16

Diyala 70

Wasit 233

Babel 26

Basra 23

Maysan 76

Al-Diwaniyah 94

Dhi Qar 8

Al-Anbar 3

Al-Muthanna 11

Nineveh 9

Saladin 9

The statement indicated that the cases of recovery amounted to 354 cases, distributed as follows:

Baghdad/ Al-Rusafa 106

Baghdad/ Al-Karkh 108

Medical City 30

Najaf 11

Duhok 5

Kirkuk 14

Karbala 5

Diyala 4

Basra 13

Maysan 19

Babel 16

Al-Diwaniyah 8

Dhi Qar 10

Nineveh 5

While 31 mortality cases were registered, as follows:

Baghdad/ Al-Rusafa 8

Baghdad Al-Karkh 4

Medical City 4

Najaf 1

Kirkuk 1

Diyala 1

Wasit 1

Basra 1

Maysan 3

Babel 1

Dhi Qar 3

Al-Anbar 1

Al-Muthanna 1

Saladin 1

The total number of confirmed cases registered since the beginning of the outbreak reached 16675, while the total number of recoveries became 6568. The total number of Inpatients is 9650, including 98 patients admitted to ICU. The death toll is 457.