COVID-19: 4000+ cases and 85 deaths in Iraq today
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.
