Turkey reports record 44,756 daily COVID-19 cases, 4th wave hits Iran

Turkey on Saturday reported the highest daily count of 44,756 coronavirus cases. Meanwhile, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the fourth wave of COVID-19 resurgence has been registered in two provinces, reported Xinhua.

Among the new cases recorded in Turkey, 1,483 are symptomatic patients, and the tally of infections in the country reached 3,445,052, according to the country's health ministry.

The death toll from the virus in Turkey rose by 186 to 32,078, while the total recoveries climbed to 3,082,676 after 23,214 more cases recovered in the last 24 hours.

Turkey started mass vaccination against COVID-19 on Jan. 14 after the authorities approved the emergency use of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine. More than 9,530,000 people have been vaccinated so far.

On Saturday, Iran's health ministry registered 11,420 new COVID-19 cases overnight, raising its nationwide caseload to 1,920,394.

The pandemic has so far claimed 62,999 lives in Iran after 123 deaths were added in the past 24 hours, and 1,642,418 people have recovered from the disease and been discharged from hospitals, according to Sima Sadat Lari, spokeswoman for the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education.

Lebanon registered on Saturday 2,188 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections to 477,113.

Meanwhile, the death toll from the virus went up by 33 to 6,379.

Lebanon started on Saturday a 3-day lockdown aimed at preventing the increase in COVID-19 infections during the Easter holiday.

The Qatari health ministry on Saturday announced 870 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the Gulf state to 182,548.

The recoveries in Qatar totalled 165,471 after 468 more recovered from the virus, while the fatalities increased by three to 301, according to a ministry statement.

In Kuwait, the health ministry reported on Saturday 1,235 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections in the country to 235,989.

The ministry also announced 12 more fatalities, taking the death toll to 1,339, while the tally of recoveries rose by 1,264 to 220,521.

Morocco announced on Saturday 575 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the tally in the North African country to 497,832.

The total number of recoveries from COVID-19 in Morocco increased to 484,793 after 569 more were added, while the death toll rose to 8,842 with seven new fatalities during the last 24 hours.

Israel's Ministry of Health reported 363 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, raising the total confirmed cases in the country to 834,070.

The death toll from the virus rose by 16 to 6,236, while the recoveries totalled 821,748 after 842 more cases recovered.

The number of people vaccinated against COVID-19 in Israel reached nearly 5.26 million, or 56.6 percent of its population.

Algeria on Saturday reported 95 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the North African country to 117,524.

The death toll from the virus rose to 3,102 after three new fatalities were added, said the Algerian Ministry of Health in a statement.

Meanwhile, 84 more patients recovered from the disease, bringing the total number of recoveries in the country to 81,813, the statement added.

On Saturday, Palestine's health ministry said coronavirus claimed the lives of 24 people as 1,651 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.

Following a flattening coronavirus curve, Palestine decided to ease lockdown restrictions across the West Bank starting Sunday until April 12.