Shafaq News / Basra Health Department announced on Saturday, that it has recorded 15 new cases of coronavirus and 7 cases of recovery.

"The new positive cases reached on Saturday 15 cases (11 effective epidemiological monitoring, in contact with confirmed cases + 4 new cases discovered while reviewing the health institutions," the department statement told Shafaq News.

The department added that " 7 new recoveries were recorded while the province did not record any deaths."

"The number of total positive cases increased to 241, (17 deaths + 114 recoveries + 110 under treatment)," the statement added, noting that "the number of PCR tests of suspected cases reached 128, and the number of PCR tests of cumulative suspected cases was 3461."