Syria’s Kurdish-led northeast registers 4 new coronavirus cases

The city of Tabqa, north Syria – North Press
The city of Tabqa, north Syria – North Press

RAQQA, Syria (North Press) – The Health Board of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) announced the recording of 4 new coronavirus infections and 3deaths in its areas on Sunday.

The official AANES Facebook account quotes Health Board co-chair Jiwan Mustafa, who stated that the new recorded infections were three men and a women.

The recorded infections were two in Tabqa, one in Deir ez-Zor and one in Gerke Lege (Ma’badei).

The Health Board also reported one coronavirus recovery.

On February 18, the AANES Health Board announced 9 new coronavirus infections and 2 deaths in its areas.

According to the new statistics on new cases of coronavirus in the Autonomous Administration regions, the number of infections has risen to 8,592, including 311 deaths and 1,240 recoveries.

Reporting by Mu’az al-Hamad