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BAGHDAD, March 8 (KUNA) -- Iraqi Ministry of Health declared on Monday registering 24 new deaths as a result of infection with the novel coronavirus during the past 24 hours.
It also reported 4,468 new infection cases with the total count of the contaminations hitting 731,016.
It put total count of the deaths at 13,596 and recoveries at 664,461. (end)
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