April violence kills 741 Iraqis: UN

At least 410 civilians are reported to be among the more than 700 Iraqis killed in ongoing violence in the country last month.

The United Nations says at least 741 Iraqis were killed in April due to ongoing violence. (AAP)

The United Nations says at least 741 Iraqis were killed in April due to ongoing violence, a sharp decline from the previous month.

In its monthly report issued on Sunday, the UN mission to Iraq, known as UNAMI, put the number of civilians killed at 410, while the rest were members of the security forces.

A total of 1374 Iraqis were wounded that month, it added.

In March, at least 1119 people were killed and 1561 wounded.

The worst-hit area was the capital, Baghdad, with 232 civilians killed and 642 wounded, followed by the northern province of Ninevah, which is almost entirely controlled by the Islamic State group, with 72 killed and 30 wounded.

The report came after Sunday's dual bomb attacks in southern Iraq, which killed at least 23 people and wounded dozens.