INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Shafaq News/ On Friday, Iraq recorded 129 new cases of Covid-19 to bring its total to 2,328,498, the Ministry of Health and Environment
said.It reported one death
Its coronavirus death toll reached 25,220.It also reported 114 recoveries to bring its total to 2,302,254 (98.90%).The COVID-19 intensive
care patients count to seven.Baghdad-Karkh recorded the highest number of infections (40).So far, the Ministry of Health and Environment has
conducted 18,605,754 tests in all governorates.10,709,504 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, Iraq reports 100 new infections on average each day, 1% of the peak —
the highest daily average reported on August 2.Iraq has administered at least 18,353,783 doses of COVID vaccines so far
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 10,813 doses administered each day
At that rate, it will take an additional 728 days to administer enough doses for another 10% of the population.
