More than 7.1 million Covid-19 cases have been confirmed to date in the Mena region, with Iran alone accounting for 2.1 million infections
The number of Covid-19 cases in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region crossed 7,128,926 on 12 April, according to Worldometers data collated by MEED.
Countries in the GCC account for 23.2 per cent (1,650,720) of all regional infections, while Iran’s confirmed 2,093,452 cases make up 29.4 per cent of the Mena total.
Since 5 April, 329,977 new Covid-19 cases have been detected in 17 Mena countries tracked by MEED.
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