The pattern of covid-19 disease in Iraq during the year 2020

The year 2020 witnessed the rapid spread of covid-19 pandemic in Iraq and in almost all the countries in the world. This spread has created a serious health crises and a public health emergency in Iraq and throughout the world. Little is known about the pattern of covid-19 disease in Iraq. The aim of this paper is provide a description an overview of the pattern of covid-19 disease in Iraq. Covid-19 disease in Iraq was associated with a significant mortality during the year 2020. It actually changed the previously reported national mortality pattern as covid-19 has become the second most common cause of death in Iraq. Contradictory, to the general belief that mortality associated with covid-19 was generally restricted to the older age groups, 117 children under the age of ten years died because of covid-19 disease. This number of childhood suggests the need to consider vaccination of the younger age groups and to perform the relevant research.