COVID-19: Iraq sets a domestic record of daily case count with 3346 case in 24 hours
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.
