Covid-19: Iraq records about 8300 new cases today, still ranks the first in the Arab World
Shafaq News/ On Wednesday, Iraq recorded 8293 new cases of Covid-19 to bring its total to 2,226,776, the Ministry of Health and Environment said.
It reported 25 deaths. Its coronavirus death toll reached 24,430.
It also reported 6333 recoveries to bring its total to 2,123,635 (95.4%).
The COVID-19 intensive care patients count to 156.
Baghdad/ Karkh recorded the highest number of infections (1298).
So far, the Ministry of Health and Environment has conducted 17,481,709 tests in all governorates.
9,326,090 people have been vaccinated so far
It is worth noting that Iraq ranks 1st in the Arab world and 34th place globally.
According to the Reuters Covid-19 tracker, 129 infections per 100K people were reported last seven days.
Iraq has administered at least 15,622,179 doses of COVID vaccines so far. Assuming every person needs two doses, that’s enough to have vaccinated about 19.9% of the country’s population.
COVID-19 infections are increasing in Iraq, with 7,256 new infections reported on average each day. That’s 61% of the peak — the highest daily average reported on August 2.
During the last week’s report, Iraq averaged about 45,658 doses administered each day. At that rate, it will take an additional 173 days to administer enough doses for another 10% of the population.
