The Iraqi Ministry of Health confirmed over 9000 COVID-19 cases and 55 deaths from its complications in the past 24 hours.
The daily situation report issued by the Ministry said that 9,147 swabs have tested positive for the virus on Saturday, bringing the cumulative count of confirmed cases since the emergence of the virus to 1,552,648.
The Ministry said that 8,492 patients had achieved full recovery from the virus, while 55 succumbed to its complications. Iraq has registered 1,411,099 recovery cases in total, at a recovery rate of 90.9% and a death toll of 18,287.
With 73,144 persons receiving their jabs today, the vaccination toll jumped to 1,326,225.