82 dead in Iraq Covid hospital fire, 110 wounded: Ministry

Map locating Ibn al-Khatiba hospital in Baghdad where a fatal fire occurred.
AFP

At least 82 people died and 110 were wounded in a Baghdad Covid-19 hospital fire overnight Sunday, the Iraqi interior ministry said in a new toll.

"The interior ministry announces the death of 82 people and injury of 110 in the Ibn al-Khatib fire accident," it said in a statement carried by state media.