BAGHDAD, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Iraq reported on Thursday 8,106 new COVID-19 deaths, the highest daily record this year, taking its nationwide death toll to 18,101.
The nationwide caseload from the coronavirus in Iraq increased by 8,106 to 1,526,943, the Iraqi Health Ministry said in a statement.
A total of 12,652,043 tests have been carried out in Iraq since the outbreak of the disease last year, with 31,192 done during the day, it said.
The ministry added that a total of 20,819 people were vaccinated against COVID-19 during the past 24 hours across the country, bringing the total number of doses administered to 1,218,518.
Meanwhile, the ministry's spokesman Sayf al-Badr told the official Iraqi News Agency (INA) that Iraqi health institutions face enormous pressures as result of the increase in critical cases due to the spread of the mutant strain and other major challenges.
Iraq has been pushing forward its vaccination drive since the drug authority approved in January the emergency use of China's Sinopharm vaccine and other COVID-19 vaccines. Enditem
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