COVID-19 claims more lives across Iran
According to Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari, some 247Iranians died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 52,196
Sima Sadat Lari said that, with the 247 new victims, the country's total COVID-19 deaths mounted to 52,196.
Some 7,451 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, some 833 of whom have been hospitalized, she added.
Sadat Lari noted that a total of 1,108,269 Iranians have been confirmed infected with the COVID-19, some of 812,270 whom have recovered or discharged from hospital.
Some 5,723 other COVID-19 patients are in critical condition and being treated in intensive care units, the spokeswoman said.
She added that 6,704,247 tests have so far been carried out in Iran.