CAIRO, May 7 (NNN-MENA) – Turkey confirmed 2,253 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number to 131,744, while Iran’s cases crossed the major threshold of 100,000.
The death toll from the COVID-19 in Turkey, surged to 3,584 after 59 new fatalities were added in the past 24 hours, Turkish Health Minister, Fahrettin Koca, tweeted.
Meanwhile, 78,202 patients have recovered in the country.
Iran on Wednesday reported 1,680 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number to 101,650, while the deaths soared to 6,418 after 78 new ones were added.
A total of 81,587 COVID-19 patients in the country have recovered, with 2,735 still in critical condition.
In Saudi Arabia, 1,687 new cases and nine new deaths were announced, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 31,938 and the death toll to 209. The kingdom also reported 1,325 more recovered patients, taking the recoveries to 6,783.
Saudi Health Minister, Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, said, the death rate of COVID-19 in the kingdom is 10 times lower than the global rate of around seven percent, thanks to the unified treatment protocol and random screening to discover and treat cases at early stages.
In Qatar, 830 new cases were detected, bringing the total number to 17,972, of whom 12 have died and 2,070 recovered.
Israel reported 21 new confirmed cases on Wednesday, bringing the tally to 16,310. The country’s death toll hit 239.
Egypt’s cases continued the surging trend to reach 7,588, after 387 new infections were added.
The Egyptian health ministry also reported 17 deaths and 85 cases of recoveries, increasing the death toll to 469 and the total number of recoveries to 1,815.
In the meantime, Kuwait registered 485 new cases, bringing the country’s total number to 6,289 including 42 deaths and 2,219 recoveries.– NNN-MENA
