The Ministry of Health and Environment announced the daily epidemiological situation of the new Coronavirus pandemic in Iraq for Sunday, August 16, 2020
The ministry said in a statement that AlgahdeerTV received a copy of it that “(19,278) samples have been examined in all the specialized laboratories in Iraq for today. Thus, the total number of samples examined since the beginning of the disease registration in Iraq is (1282928).”
The statement added “Today, the Ministry of Health and Environment recorded (2,674) cases of recovery in Iraq, distributed as follows:
Baghdad / Rusafa 303
Baghdad / Al-Karkh 530
Medical City 84
Najaf 171
Sulaymaniyah 40
Erbil 114
Dohuk 135
Karbala 221
Kirkuk 102
Diyala 104
Wasit 26
Basra 319
Maysan 55
Babylon 184
Diwaniyah 87
Dhi Qar 88
Anbar 36
Nineveh 61
Salah al-Din 14
The ministry explained that today’s new infections are 4,348 cases, as follows:
Baghdad/ Rusafa 396
Baghdad /Al-Karkh 592
Medical City 67
Najaf 401
Sulaymaniyah 106
Erbil 297
Dohuk 134
Karbala 295
Kirkuk 157
Diyala 95
Wasit 176
Basra 485
Maysan 91
Babylon 121
Diwaniyah 185
Dhi Qar 135
Anbar 88
Muthanna 169
Nineveh 250
Salah al-Din 108
The statement said that “The deaths registered today are 75 cases, as follows:
Baghdad /Rusafa 5
Baghdad /Al-Karkh 5
Medicine City 1
Najaf 2
Sulaymaniyah 7
Erbil 12
Dohuk 2
Karbala 5
Kirkuk 4
Wasit 3
Basra 9
Maysan 1
Babylon 5
Diwaniyah 2
Anbar 1
Muthanna 3
Nineveh 6
Salah al-Din
The statement added that “Total number of recovered is 125,374 (71% cure rate), total infections are 176 931, total of those under treatment is 45697, while those in intensive care units is 572, and finally the total deaths since the beginning of the disease registration in Iraq is 5,860.