Yesterday, the Saudi Ministry of Health announced the registration of six new deaths from the emerging coronavirus, bringing the total deaths in the country to 16 cases, while Kuwait announced the recovery of seven cases, while Tunisia announced the extension of measures to completely close the virus for two weeks.
The spokesman of the Saudi Ministry of Health, Dr. Muhammad Al-Abd Al-Aali, said in a press conference yesterday that the deaths are three residents and a Saudi citizen in Medina, a resident in Riyadh, and a resident in Mecca.
He pointed out that 157 new cases were recorded in the virus, bringing the total confirmed cases in Saudi Arabia to 1720, pointing to the recovery of 99 cases, bringing the total recovered from the virus to 264 cases.
He stressed that the health status of most of those with corona in Saudi Arabia is stable, and they receive appropriate care, pointing out that there are 30 critical cases that receive intensive care.
Yesterday, Kuwait announced the recovery of seven new cases of those infected with the emerging coronavirus (Covid-19), bringing the number of cases that had recovered and recovered in the country to 80.
The Kuwaiti News Agency quoted the Kuwaiti Minister of Health, Sheikh Dr. Basil Al-Sabah, as saying that these cases will be discharged from the hospital, within the next two days.
Yesterday, the Omani Ministry of Health announced the registration of 18 new cases of the virus, bringing the total number of cases registered in the Sultanate to 210, and the number of deaths only one case.
The Omani News Agency (Omani) quoted the ministry as saying that 34 cases have recovered.
The Ministry of Health of Oman announced the registration of the first death from the Corona virus, which belongs to an Omani citizen, aged 72 years.
And in Baghdad, an Iraqi statistic showed yesterday, the number of confirmed infections with the new Corona virus in all countries of the country increased to 715 cases, while the death cases reached 50 cases, and the recovery was 192 cases.
The statistic, issued by the Ministry of Health and Environment, said that the city of Baghdad topped Iraqi cities with the number of injuries, with injuries reaching 179 cases, while the deaths amounted to 13 cases.
She pointed out that the city of Najaf ranked second with 122 injuries and four deaths, while Sulaymaniyah came in the third place with 101 injuries, and two deaths.
According to the statistic, Basra ranked fourth with 95 injuries and nine deaths, and Erbil fifth with 63 cases, and Karbala sixth with 55 cases and six deaths, while the rest of the Iraqi cities ranged between 12 and 1 confirmed cases.
Iraq announced the extension of the prohibition of curfew procedures during this April, after the number of casualties widened to include all Iraqi cities.
For its part, the Tunisian authorities extended, last night, for 15 days, the measures of total closure in force since March 22 across the country, with the aim of containing the epidemic Covid-19, in a decision issued despite the participation of hundreds of indigent citizens in a demonstration that took place during the day in the capital, rejecting Restrictions, and to claim the government for aid and promised them.
The Tunisian presidency said that the National Security Council decided, during a meeting held on Tuesday evening under the chairmanship of President Qais Said, to extend the quarantine measures until April 20.
Said had said, at the beginning of the National Security Council meeting, that "there have been mistakes that have to be rectified," promising to meet the demands of the protesters.
The president's speech came hours after hundreds of people, including daily-workers, demonstrated in a popular neighborhood in the capital, in opposition to quarantine measures.
Yesterday, the Syrian authorities imposed the isolation of the town in the northern countryside of Damascus, after the death of a woman with a korna, to prevent its spread in the town.
The Syrian Ministry of Health said, through its pages on social media: “The relevant authorities have been asked to implement isolation for the town of Minin in Damascus countryside, because of the death of a woman from the town in Corona (which is one of the 10 cases recorded in Syria), due to the lack of commitment of the family to isolation, and their sale In a commercial store ».
She emphasized that "the decision to isolate came to preserve the health of citizens and prevent the spread of the virus in the town."
Two people died in Syria, according to the Ministry of Health, and eight others were infected with the Corona virus after announcing the first case in Syria on March 22.
The Syrian authorities isolate a town in Damascus countryside, after the death of a woman with the Corona virus.