ERBIL - The total number of active coronavirus cases in the Kurdistan Region has now been brought to 8,451, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
Since Friday, 6,191 individuals have taken tests for COVID-19 across the Kurdistan Region, out of which 268 new infections were detected, the ministry said in its daily report.
However, 654 patients were discharged from hospital while four others lost their lives during the same period.
The tally now stands at 172,751, with 159,988 people already recovered from the novel virus but 4,312 others have died since the coronavirus first emerged in the Kurdistan Region in March 2020.