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

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

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

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

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