ERBIL -The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on Sunday evening confirmed that another coronavirus patient died, taking the death toll to seven .

Speaking to BasNews, Herish Salim, deputy head of Sulaimaniya department of health, pointed out that "another patient of coronavirus died this [Sunday] evening in Sulaimaniya province."

Meanwhile, the health ministry explained that the victim was a 70-year-old man from Chamchamal town of Sulaimaniya province.

Recording the highest number of COVID-19 cases, the KRG on Sunday night announced 101 new infections in Sulaimaniya province alone.

The new reports brought the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 to 707, out of which 420 patients have recovered from the novel virus.