Speaking to the press, Minister Hassan Al-Tamimi said that the ministry had been monitoring the COVID-19 situation in the past couple of weeks, indicating that Tuesday's 1,135 infections reflected the need for tougher precautionary measures to prevent further spread.
He indicated that critical cases had increased from 1.5 to 2.6 percent, adding that hospital admissions were on the rise.
Al-Tamimi affirmed that authorities would take the necessary measures to counter the spread of the virus even if it meant reintroducing lockdown and curfews nationwide.
Iraq recorded 621,755 COVID-19 cases in total with 13,068 individuals succumbing to the viral infection while 594,594.
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