ERBIL - At least one patient of coronavirus lost his life in Kurdistan Region's capital Erbil on Tuesday, a statement confirmed.
The health ministry said in a press release that a 51-year-old man, who also suffered from other long-term illnesses, died at the hospital on Tuesday.
The patient had been moved to the Intensive Care Unit in the past five days, the statement added.
The health ministry called on the people of Kurdistan Region to continue to abide by the protective measures and help the efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus.
The death toll has now reached nine in in the Kurdistan Region. Another patient died in Sulaimaniya on Monday night.