BAGHDAD, Aug 18 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi Health Ministry, on Monday reported 3,202 new COVID-19 cases, indicating a decline in the daily infections, compared to the past few days, while the total nationwide infections climbed to 180,133.
The Health Ministry’s teams and institutions used 21,403 testing kits across the country during the day, raising the total testing kits used so far to 1,304,331, the ministry said in a statement.
It also reported 94 fatalities during the day, raising the death toll to 5,954, while 3,571 more patients recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 128,945.
Meanwhile, the Iraqi Health Minister, Hassan Al-Tamimi, said, the ministry decided to establish a centre for blood diseases dedicated to people infected with the virus in an attempt to improve efforts to confront the pandemic.
The decision to establish the centre was taken, during al-Tamimi’s meeting with the administration of the Medial City, in the presence of a number of physicians specialised in blood diseases, according to the statement.– NNN-NINA
