News in Brief
RIYADH: Saudi Ministry of Health on Monday confirmed 25 deaths and 348 cases of COVID-19.
The latest figures bring the Kingdom’s total number of fatalities and infections with the deadly virus to 5,068 and 339,615 respectively, the ministry said in a press statement. (KUNA)
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DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates, on Monday, confirmed one death (446 in total) and 1,064 new COVID-19 infections, taking the total number in the Gulf state to 107,293.
Meanwhile, the ministry pointed out that total recoveries climbed to 98,555 after 1,271 patients recovered from the disease. (KUNA)
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MANAMA: Bahraini Health Ministry announced Monday 327 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours.
It added in a tweet that 441 patients have recovered in the past 24 hours (71,249 in total), estimating the number of active cases at 4,087. (KUNA)
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DOHA: The Qatari Ministry of Health announced Monday 206 infections of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours.
This brings the Arabian Gulf country’s total number of confirmed infections to 128,191, the ministry said in a press statement. (KUNA)
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BAGHDAD: The Iraqi Ministry of Health on Monday reported 60 deaths due to COVID-19, taking the country’s tally to 9,912.
In a press statement, the ministry also reported 3,107 more cases of the infectious respiratory illness, raising the overall count of confirmed cases to 405,437, including Kurdistan. (KUNA)
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RAMALLAH: Palestinian Minister of Health Mai AlKaila announced Monday 10 deaths from COVID-19, as well as 395 cases in the past 24 hours.
The minister said in a statement that 312 recoveries took place as well. (KUNA)
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CAIRO: The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population on Sunday confirmed that 129 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus and 12 others succumbed to it over the past 24 hours.
The figures took the overall lab-confirmed cases to 104,516 and the death toll to 6,052, the ministry’s spokesman Dr Khaled Mujahed said in a press release. (KUNA)
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TUNIS: Tunisia’s Ministry of Health said Sunday 1,297 people contracted the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the overall infections to 32,556.
Twenty-two patients succumbed to complications related to the illness, raising the death toll to 478, according to the daily press release of the ministry. (KUNA)
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ADEN: Yemen on Sunday reported one new coronavirus infection in Hadhramaut governorate and no fatalities in the past 24 hours.
The overall infections climbed to 2,052 and the death toll stood at 595, the country’s committee tasked with combating the pandemic said in a statement. (KUNA)
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RABAT: The Moroccan Ministry of Health on Sunday reported 33 deaths from the novel coronavirus and 2,563 new infections in the past 24 hours.
The figures pushed the overall infections and death toll to 152,404 and 2,605, respectively, the ministry noted in its daily statement. (KUNA)
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BEIRUT: The Lebanese Health Ministry on Sunday announced four coronavirus fatalities and 1,010 more infections in the past 24 hours.
In its daily report, the ministry said that the overall contaminations and deaths climbed to 53,568 and 459 respectively. (KUNA)
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ANKARA: At least 59 patients succumbed to the novel coronavirus and 1,502 people tested positive for the virus in the past 24 hours, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Sunday.
The new pushed raised the death toll to 8,837 and the caseload to 335,533, Koca was quoted by Anadolu Agency as saying in a press statement. (KUNA)