Iraq: 28 fatalities and 1268 new confirmed Covid-19 cases

Shafaq News / The Iraqi ministry of health and Environment declared today, Sunday, that 28 fatalities and 1,268 new confirmed cases were registered. Those numbers are the third highest since the outbreak of the virus in the country.

In a statement received by Shafaq news agency, The Ministry said that 303053 tests were performed since the beginning of the outbreak, adding up today's tests (8609). 

The newly diagnosed cases are distributed among the Iraqi cities as follows:

 Baghdad / Al-Rusafa: 265, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 243, Medical City: 97, Najaf: 28, Basra: 121, Al-Sulaymaniyah: 91, Erbil: 39, Duhok: 3, Karbala: 28, Wasit: 97, Kirkuk: 3, Diyala: 1, Babel: 43, Maysan: 39, Al-Diwaniyah: 40, Dhi Qar: 68, Al-Muthanna: 12, Saladin: 25, Al-Anbar: 22, Nineveh: 3.

The statement indicated that the cases of recovery amounted to 282 cases, distributed as follows:

Baghdad / Al-Rusafa: 189, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 40, Medical City: 8, Najaf: 2, Basra: 15, Karbala: 1, Diyala: 1, Wasit: 2, Nineveh : 20, Maysan: 4.

While 28 mortality cases were registered, as follows:

Baghdad / Al-Rusafa: 9, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 5, Medical City: 2, Najaf: 1, Al-Sulaymaniyah: 5, Kirkuk: 1, Wasit: 1, Al-Diwaniyah: 1, Basra: 1, Maysan : 1, Babel: 1.

The total number of confirmed cases registered since the beginning of the outbreak reached 12366, while the total number of recoveries became 5186. The total number of Inpatients is 6834, including 69 patients admitted to ICU. The death toll is 346.