CAIRO, July 11 (NNN-MENA) – The total number of COVID-19 cases in Iran surpassed 252,000 on Friday. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia’s tally exceeded 226,000.
Iran, the worst-hit country in the Middle East – the number of cases rose to 252,720 on Friday, after an overnight registration of 2,262 new infections.
Sima Sadat Lari, spokeswoman for Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education, said, out of the new cases, 1,455 were hospitalised. The pandemic, so far claimed the lives of 12,447 in Iran, up by 142.
Saudi Arabia’s cases rose to 226,486 with the registration of 3,159 new infections.
Recoveries increased to 163,026 with the registration of 1,930 new recovered cases, and the death toll reached 2,151 with 51 new fatalities.
Egypt confirmed 981 new infections and 85 fatalities, bringing the total cases registered in the country to 80,235 and the death toll to 3,702, said the health ministry.
The Iraqi Health Ministry recorded 2,848 new cases, the highest daily increase since the outbreak of the disease in the country, bringing the total nationwide infections to 72,460.
The ministry in a statement confirmed 78 more deaths, raising the country’s death toll from the infectious virus to 2,960.
Also on Friday, a statement by the Iraqi Higher Commission of Human Rights (IHCHR) warned of the spread of the pandemic, due to deterioration of health conditions inside prison facilities.
IHCHR’s teams in Baghdad and other provinces recorded a total of 111 infections among inmates and personnel in Iraqi prisons and detention centres, the statement said, while calling on the government to take steps to curb the spread of the pandemic among inmates.
The Omani health ministry announced on Friday 1,889 new cases, raising the total confirmed number in the country to 53,614.
The ministry said that eight new fatalities were reported, bringing the death toll to 244, while the tally of recovered cases rose by 1,204 to 34,225.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced 473 new cases, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 54,050.
The UAE also confirmed two more deaths, pushing the country’s death toll to 330.
Qatar’s Health Ministry on Friday announced 520 new infections, increasing the total number of confirmed cases in the Gulf state to 102,630.
Some 961 people recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 98,233, while four others died, raising the fatalities to 146.
Kuwait on Friday reported 740 new cases and one more death, raising the tally of infections to 53,580 and the death toll to 383, the Health Ministry said in a statement.
Morocco confirmed 249 new cases, bringing the tally of infections to 15,328, including 243 deaths and 11,827 recoveries.
Lebanon’s number of COVID-19 infections increased on Friday by 71 cases to 2,082, while the death toll remained 36.– NNN-MENA
