INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Shafaq News/ On Monday, Iraq recorded 111 new cases of Covid-19 to bring its total to 2,328,019, the Ministry of Health and Environment
said.It reported no deaths
Its coronavirus death toll reached 25,219.It also reported 101 recoveries to bring its total to 2,301,816 (98.90%).The COVID-19 intensive
care patients count to five.Al-Sulaymaniyah recorded the highest number of infections (18).So far, the Ministry of Health and Environment
has conducted 18,588,581 tests in all governorates.10,680,751 people have been vaccinated so farIt is worth noting that Iraq ranks 1st in
the Arab world and 41st place globally.According to Reuters’ tracker, COVID-19 infections are decreasing in Iraq, with 91 new infections
reported on average each day
That’s 1% of the peak — the highest daily average reported on August 2.Iraq has administered at least 18,279,217 doses of COVID vaccines
Assuming every person needs 2 doses, that’s enough to have vaccinated about 23.3% of the country’s population.During the last week
reported, Iraq averaged about 10,610 doses administered each day
At that rate, it will take a further 742 days to administer enough doses for another 10% of the population.
