81 More Iranians die of COVID-19
According to Iran's Health Ministry, Some 81 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 59,980.
Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari made the announcement on Saturday.
Some 7,975 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, 418 of whom were hospitalized, Lari said.
She added that with the 81 new victims, the country's total COVID-19 deaths mounted to 59,980.
Lari noted that 1,379,922 patients out of a total of 1,386,534 infected people have recovered or been discharged from the hospitals.
Some 3,729 other COVID-19 patients are in critical condition and being treated in intensive care units, the spokeswoman said.
Since its outbreak, the COVID-19 pandemic has infected more than 114 million people across the world, of whom over 2,530,000 people have lost their lives.