CAIRO, Aug 25 (NNN-MENA) – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases surpassed 360,000 in Iran. Meanwhile, Iraq reported the highest 3,980 daily new recoveries from the virus during the day.
Iran, the hardest-hit country in the Middle East region, reported 2,245 new cases, bringing the total number of infections to 361,150.
The pandemic has so far claimed 20,776 lives in Iran, up by 133 in the past 24 hours. A total of 311,365 patients recovered, with 3,848 still in critical condition.
In the mean time, 3,644 new COVID-19 cases were detected in Iraq during the past 24 hours, bringing the total nationwide infections to 207,985.
The death toll in Iraq rose to 6,519 after 91 fatalities were added.
The Iraqi Health Ministry said, it treated some 15,000 infections with plasma extracted from the blood of the recovered people.
Saudi Arabia announced 1,175 new cases and 42 more deaths, raising the tally of confirmed cases to 308,654 and the death toll to 3,691. The kingdom also reported 2,745 more recovered patients, taking the total to 282,888.
The total number of cases in Turkey climbed by 1,443 to 259,692, Turkish Health Minister, Fahrettin Koca, tweeted.
The death toll in the country rose to 6,139, after 18 new fatalities were added in the past 24 hours, Koca said, adding that, total recoveries increased to 237,908.
In Qatar, 258 new cases were detected, increasing the total number to 117,266, including 194 deaths and 114,099 recoveries.
Oman’s Ministry of Health announced 740 new cases, raising the total number of cases to 84,509, including 637 deaths and 78,912 recoveries.
Kuwait reported 432 new cases, bringing the country’s total number of infections to 80,960, of whom 518 have died and 72,925 recovered.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced 275 new cases, raising the total confirmed cases in the country to 67,282. The tally of recoveries rose to 58,582 after 94 more patients recovered and deaths reached 376.
In Morocco, the tally rose to 53,252 after 903 new cases were added, which included 920 fatalities and 37,478 recoveries.
Palestine reported 553 new cases, taking the tally of infections in the Palestinian territories to 25,588, including 16,210 recoveries and 147 deaths.
In Lebanon, the number of infections increased by 457 to 13,155, while the death toll went up by three to 126.
Tunisia recorded 75 new cases, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 2,893, including 1,454 recoveries and 71 fatalities.
In Jordan, 30 new cases and two more deaths were recorded, increasing the tally of cases to 1,639 and the death toll to 14.– NNN-MENA
