COVID-19: Kurdistan Region records over 410 cases, 14 deaths
The Kurdistan Region’s health authorities announced on Monday they had recorded more than 410 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, raising the total to over 96,000 cases since the advent of the pandemic.
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ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Kurdistan Region’s health authorities announced on Monday they had recorded more than 410 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, raising the total to over 96,000 cases since the advent of the pandemic.
In their daily coronavirus update, officials from the regional health ministry announced 415 new infections over the previous 24 hours out of more than 5,241 tests that were completed in that period.
In contrast, 198 patients recovered across the region, according to health authorities, raising the number of recoverees to 60,363 cases.
Health authorities also announced 14 deaths over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of fatalities to 3,146.
It is important to note that a “recovery” only indicates that a patient is no longer being actively treated by health professionals—not that they have fully recovered from the disease.
The Kurdistan Region has seen a decrease in the number of new daily virus infections, after weeks of alarming surges in cases, reaching as high as 1,600 in a single day. The region has seen 96,201 COVID-19 cases to date, per official figures.
Officials have attributed the recent spike in the number of patients—at times over 1,000 new daily cases—primarily to the public’s failure to follow mandated health measures to stem the spread of the disease.
On Saturday, Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani similarly warned in a tweet, “#COVID19 remains a threat and we must stay vigilant. Please wear masks and follow official guidelines. Only together we can continue to curb the number of new infections.”
Editing by Karzan Sulaivany
