519 new Coronavirus cases reported in Iraq, 20 deaths in highest toll ever.

Abdelhussan Kadhim from the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), who volunteered to work at the cemetery, wears a protective suit as he reads a verse from the Koran near the coffin of a man who passed away due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during his burial at the new Wadi Al-Salam cemetery, which is dedicated to those who died of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the outskirts of the holy city of Najaf, Iraq May 20, 2020. Picture taken May 20, 2020. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani

Iraq reported 519 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday.

The new casualties were distributed as:

Baghdad / Rusafa: 145 cases,
Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 166 cases,
Medical City: 39 cases,
Basra: 25 cases,
Najaf: 21 cases,
Sulaymaniyah: 28 cases,
Erbil: 1 case,
Dohuk: 6 cases,
Diyala: 5 cases,
Kerbala: 31 cases,
Muthana: 8 cases,
Babylon: 9 cases,
Maysan: 34 cases,
Nineveh: 1 case.

The ministry indicated that 20 new deaths were recorded, while 233 cases have recovered, as follows:

Baghdad / Rusafa: 104 recoveries,
Baghdad / Karkh: 52 recoveries,
Medical City: 17 recoveries,
Basra: 4 recoveries,
Kerbala: 17 recoveries,
Diyala: 2 recoveries,
Dhiqar: 34 recoveries,
Nineveh: 3 recoveries.

The ministry added that the total number of infections reached 7387, the total number of deaths 235, and the total number of recovery cases 3508, cases under treatment: 3644.

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