Baghdad, Aug. 04, 2021, SPA -- Iraq recorded 12,713 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 1673,084. The Iraqi Ministry of Health said, in a statement, that 73 new deaths were recorded, bringing the total number of deaths to 18,938, while 6574 new recoveries were recorded, bringing the recovery tally to 1494,760. -- SPA 19:51 LOCAL TIME 16:51 GMT 0023 www.spa.gov.sa/w1596775