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Iraq's coronavirus infections pass 100,000 total - health ministry

FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker collects blood samples from passengers at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) drive-thru testing center in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, July 16, 2020. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

Iraq's total number of infections from the novel coronavirus passed 100,000 on Thursday as the health ministry said 102,226 cases had been recorded.

At least 4,122 people have died from COVID-19 in Iraq, it said in a statement.

Iraq has often recorded more than 2,000 new cases a day in recent weeks as the spread of the virus has accelerated.

(Reporting by John Davison; Editing by Catherine Evans)

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