Iraq reports 3,214 new COVID-19 cases, 397,780 in total
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi Health Ministry reported on Friday 3,214 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the nationwide infections to 397,780.
The new cases included 1,381 in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, 333 in Duhok, 299 in Sulaimaniyah, and 206 in Erbil, while the other cases were detected in the other provinces, the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry also reported 52 more deaths, raising the death toll from the virus to 9,735 in the country.
It also said that 4,282 more patients recovered in the day, which is higher than the number of infected cases during the same period, taking the total number of recoveries to 328,097, or 82.5 percent of the total infections.
A total of 2,456,782 tests have been carried out across the country since the outbreak of the pandemic in February, with 16,954 done on during the day, according to the statement.
Iraq has taken a series of measures to contain the pandemic since February when the first coronavirus case appeared in the country.
China has been helping Iraq fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
From March 7 to April 26, a Chinese team of seven medical experts spent 50 days in Iraq to help contain the disease, during which they helped build a PCR lab and install an advanced CT scanner in Baghdad.
Since March 7, China has also sent three batches of medical aid to Iraq. Enditem
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