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BAGHDAD, June 15 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi Health Ministry on Monday recorded 1,106 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections to 21,315 in the country.

It said that 45 more people died from the coronavirus during the day, bringing the death toll to 652, while 9,271 patients have recovered.

The new cases were recorded after 10,135 test kits were used across the country during the past 24 hours, and a total of 380,005 tests have been conducted since the outbreak of the disease, the statement added.

On June 13, the Iraqi authorities decided to partially lift the nationwide curfew from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. starting Sunday, but full curfew will continue on Thursday, Friday and Saturday every week.

China has been helping Iraq fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

From March 7 to April 26, a Chinese team of seven medical experts spent 50 days in Iraq to help contain the disease, during which they helped build a PCR lab and an advanced CT scanner in Baghdad.

Since March 7, China has also sent three batches of medical aid to Iraq. Enditem