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People wearing face masks walk beside Chitgar Lake in Tehran, Iran, July 5, 2020. (Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua)
Iran on Tuesday recorded the highest single-day COVID-19 death toll of 200. Meanwhile, the coronavirus deaths in Saudi Arabia passed 2,000 as the pandemic continued to rage in the kingdom.
With the new fatalities, the death toll in Iran rose to 11,931, said Sima Sadat Lari, spokeswoman for Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education.
Over the past 24 hours, 2,637 new infections were registered, taking the total novel coronavirus cases in Iran to 245,688. So far, there have been 207,000 recoveries, while 3,270 patients still remain in critical condition.
Saudi Arabia, the hardest-hit Arab country, reported 3,392 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, still the highest hike in the region, pushing the tally of confirmed infections to 217,108.
The death toll from the infectious respiratory disease in the kingdom rose to 2,017, after 49 new fatalities were confirmed. At the same time, 5,205 more patients recovered from the virus, raising the total recoveries to 154,839.
In Turkey, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca reported 1,053 new COVID-19 cases and 19 more fatalities, taking the tally of confirmed cases to 207,897 and the death toll to 5,260.
A total of 2,297 patients recovered in a single day, raising the total recoveries to 185,292. Turkey is currently treating 1,152 cases in intensive care unit (ICU), along with 400 intubated patients.
The occupancy rate of ICU in Turkey due to the COVID-19 outbreak is between 59 and 61 percent in the past month, Koca tweeted.
The resurgence of COVID-19 pandemic continued in Iraq, as Iraqi Health Ministry confirmed 2,426 new cases, bringing the total infections nationwide to 64,701.
The ministry also reported 118 more deaths, raising the death toll from the virus to 2,685 in the country.
Asaad Abdul-Aziz, head of the government-owned oxygen filling factory, said that the factory has increased the production of oxygen cylinders from 500 per day to 1,500, and the liquid gas from 3,000 kg per day to 8,000 kg, to meet the rising demand.
Egypt confirmed 1,057 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total cases registered in the country to 77,279.
Meanwhile, 67 patients died from the virus, bringing the death toll to 3,489, while 480 patients were cured and discharged from hospitals, increasing the total recoveries to 21,718, Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed said in a statement.
Kuwait on Tuesday reported 601 new COVID-19 cases and four more deaths, raising the tally of infections to 51,245 and the death toll to 377.
Currently, 9,353 patients in Kuwait are receiving treatment, including 159 in ICU, Kuwaiti Health Ministry said.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced 532 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number in the country to 52,600, and the death toll rose by two to 326.
The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention said in a statement that 993 more patients recovered from the virus, taking the tally of recoveries to 41,714.
Qatar's Health Ministry announced 600 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections in the Gulf state to 100,945.
Meanwhile, 1,005 more patients recovered from the coronavirus, increasing the total recoveries in Qatar to 94,903, while one more patient died, raising the death toll to 134.
A total of 228 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Morocco on Tuesday, bringing the total number of infections to 14,607, including 10,639 recoveries and 240 fatalities.
Morocco imposed quarantine on the staff of three local prisons in Tangier, Safi and Moul El Bergui, as part of the efforts to contain the COVID-19 spread.
The Moroccan government also announced a gradual reopening of mosques throughout the country for the daily five prayers as of July 15, excluding the Friday prayer.
Lebanon's COVID-19 infections increased on Tuesday by 22 cases to 1,907 in total, while the death toll remained at 36.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Yemen's government-controlled provinces climbed to 1,297 on Tuesday after 13 new cases were confirmed.
The Yemeni Health Ministry said that the number of recoveries increased to 591 and the deaths from the disease soared to 348.
Palestine on Tuesday announced the extension of the lockdown on the West Bank for five more days starting Wednesday, as the number of COVID-19 infections hit 5,092 after 306 new cases were confirmed.
