CAIRO, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Turkey's COVID-19 cases on Sunday hit 138,657 with 1,542 new infections, while Iran's tally reached 107,603.
The death toll from the coronavirus in Turkey rose to 3,786 after 47 new fatalities were added in the past 24 hours, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca tweeted.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has inspected the construction sites of two COVID-19 hospitals in the country's biggest city of Istanbul, which are expected to be completed soon.
In Iran, COVID-19 infections rose by 1,383 on Sunday, while 51 new deaths from the virus were reported, raising the death toll to 6,640.
Meanwhile, a total of 86,143 coronavirus patients have recovered in Iran, with 2,675 still in critical condition.
It is worth noting that Iran has unveiled its first indigenous ventilator for the use of novel coronavirus patients, saying the ventilator was produced amid the restrictions Washington has imposed on the country for the imports of health equipment.
Saudi Arabia announced 1,912 new cases and seven more deaths, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 39,048 and the death toll to 246.
The kingdom also reported 1,313 more recovered patients, taking the total recoveries to 11,457.
Qatar's health ministry on Sunday announced 1,189 new infections of COVID-19, increasing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 22,520, of which 19,753 patients are under treatment.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday announced 781 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 18,198.
Israel reported 23 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the tally of coronavirus infections to 16,477.
The deaths from the virus in Israel increased to 252 while the recoveries rose by 54 to 11,430.
Egypt's coronavirus cases continued the surging trend to reach 9,400 after 436 new infections were added, while 11 more fatalities were reported, increasing the death toll to 525.
Egypt received on Sunday the second batch of medical aid from the Chinese government for the North African country to fight the COVID-19 epidemic.
The second batch consists of 440 boxes weighing 4.7 tons, including 10,000 N95 face masks, 10,000 protective suits and 70,000 nucleic acid detection reagents, said Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang in a ceremony held in Cairo.
Kuwait reported 1,065 new cases, bringing the country's total number of infections to 8,688, of whom 58 have died and 2,729 recovered.
In Morocco, the tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 6,063 after 153 new cases were added, which included 188 fatalities and 2,554 recoveries.
The Omani health ministry announced on Sunday 175 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 3,399.
The Iraqi health ministry confirmed two more deaths from COVID-19 and 88 new cases, as the total number of infections climbed to 2,767.
The country has received three batches of medical aid from China and the support from a team of Chinese medical experts during their 50-day stay.
Lebanon's number of COVID-19 infections rose by 36 to 845 while the death toll remained at 26.
Health Minister Hamad Hassan said he will impose a complete curfew in the country for two days if the number of infections keeps rising.
Jordan registered 18 more infections, bringing the total coronavirus cases to 540, including nine deaths and 389 recoveries.
The kingdom will start the second phase of evacuating Jordanian students and citizens from abroad on May 15, after the first batch of 3,000 Jordanians stranded abroad returned home.
Sudan announced 53 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 1,164, while five new death cases were recorded, taking the death toll from the novel coronavirus to 64. Enditem
