ERBIL - The Iraqi health ministry said on Monday that the death toll from coronavirus has now neared 5,000.
The novel virus has claimed the lives of 66 other people across Iraq since yesterday, with which the death toll spiked to 4,934, a statement by the ministry said.
The health ministry also confirmed 2,735 new infections and 2,225 recoveries over the past 24 hours.
Iraq has so far seen a total of 131,841 COVID-19 cases, out of which, 94,111 patients have been discharged from the hospital since February.