On Saturday, Iraq reported 2,334 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 58,354, according to the health ministry.
In a statement, the ministry also reported 106 more deaths, raising the death toll from the infectious virus to 2,368 in the country.
It also said that 1,477 people recovered during the day, bringing the total recoveries from the disease to 31,077.
The new cases were recorded after 9,516 testing kits were used across the country during the past 24 hours, and a total of 589,377 tests have been carried out since the outbreak of the disease, according to the ministry's statement.
The ministry attributed the recent increase of coronavirus infections to the lack of compliance of the citizens to health instructions, as well as to the increase in the testing capacity due to the increase of labs in Baghdad and the other Iraqi provinces.
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, Iraq has been taking measures to contain the pandemic.
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Ryadh Abdul-Amir, head of the Public Health Department, said in a statement that the ministry is working on a plan to increase the capacity of testing to detect more infected cases.
“The Health Ministry managed to increase the daily test capacity from about 1,000 to 13,000 as the ministry has established more than 20 labs in Baghdad and other provinces,” Abdul-Amir said.
Several Arab countries have tightened restrictions on movement, and travel with the aim of curbing the spread of the virus.
Trillions of dollars have been pledged in economic stimulus packages around the world to reduce the economic repercussions of the crisis.
Globally, it is worth mentioning that, more cases of the virus, which causes respiratory disease coronavirus, continue to emerge, with outbreaks in South Korea, Italy, and Iran.
People across the globe partake in self-isolation for 14 days as an effective precautionary measure to protect those around them and themselves from contracting COVID-19.
Transmission of virus between humans happens when someone comes into contact with an infected person’s secretions, such as droplets in a cough.
It can also be transmitted by coming into contact with something an infected person has touched and then touching your mouth, nose or eyes.
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