Shafaq News/ Kurdistan logged 16 mortalities more than new 1,500 cases, according to the daily COVID-19 report issued by the Region's Ministry of Health today, Saturday.

The Ministry said that 1,695 suspected cases were confirmed by positive PCR tests in the past 24 hours.

The statement said that 1,230 patients have recovered from the virus in the past day, while 16 patients with confirmed PCR results passed away.