Iraq: reported 5375 new COVID-19 cases bring tally to 1,365,211

An Iraqi man lies at a hospital in Basra in southern Iraq, on August 29, 2018, after falling ill from drinking polluted tap water. - Basra sits on the Shatt Al-Arab waterway formed by the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers which flow into the Gulf. Today, the salt water has taken over and now reaches 300 kilometres upriver from the sea. Waste water produced by the country of 38 million people is also poisoning the Tigris and Euphrates. (Photo by Haidar MOHAMMED ALI / AFP)

Iraq logged 5375 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today.

The daily epidemiological report on the COVID-19 situation stated that 25 COVID-19 deaths were registered today. On the other hand, 5094 patients achieved full recovery.

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 in Iraq, 1365211 patients have contracted the virus, 1260297 of whom recovered (at a recovery rate of 92.3%), and 17281 passed away.

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