The head physician Of Rizgari Hospital in Erbil Dr. Botan Abdulkadir said that 2 people died due to Covid-19 early Wednesday.

At the same time, one person died of coronavirus in Sulaymaniyah, said Azad Hewrami, director of Sheikh Tahir Ali Weli Beg Hospital.

 The first case of COVID-19 infection in Iraqi Kurdistan was confirmed on the 1 March.

179,198 tests have been carried out to detect infections in the country.

Kurdistan has so far reported 11,361 confirmed coronavirus cases, with 432 deaths and 6,166 recoveries. (ILKHA)