ERBIL — A total of 50 people tested positive for COVID-19 across Iraq within the past 24 hours alone, said the country’s health ministry.

With the new cases, according to an official statement by the ministry, the total cases in Iraq, including Kurdistan Region, has now reached 316.

The death toll from the pandemic disease has also reached 27 nationwide.

From the total number of infections, the ministry highlighted, 75 people have fully recovered.