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Iraq breaks record for highest daily virus cases

Health authorities are asking Iraqis to take the COVID-19 vaccine as rates remain low and infections rise once again.
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Iraq broke its record for daily COVID-19 cases yesterday.

There were 9,189 confirmed coronavirus infections on Thursday, including 1,812 in the capital Baghdad. Iraq’s other provinces registered cases in the hundreds, according to a release from the Ministry of Health. Thursday’s cases constituted an all-time high for the country, according to the ministry and some Iraqi media outlets.

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