+2400 new COVID-19 cases and 22 deaths in Iraq today

Iraqi health workers set up a mobile COVID-19 testing unit at the capital Baghdad's Shorja market on February 22, 2021. - Iraq has dramatically increased its testing in recent weeks to more than 40,000 tests per day -- almost double the testing capacity it had when daily coronavirus cases peaked in September. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)

Iraq recorded 2,456 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Sunday.

The daily epidemiological report on the COVID-19 situation stated that 24 COVID-19 deaths were registered today. On the other hand, 5,624 patients have achieved full recovery.

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 in Iraq, 1,139,373 patients have contracted the virus, 1,045,240 of whom recovered (at a recovery rate of 91.7%), and 15,954 passed away.

The statement added that the cumulative count of vaccine recipients rose to 475,381 today, with 4,093 taking their jab in the past day.

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