6,573 New COVID-19 Cases Reported in Iran
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The total number of people infected with the coronavirus in Iran hit 1,405,414, the Health Ministry said Friday.
Speaking at a daily press conference, Health Ministry Spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said the number of people tested positive for COVID-19 during the past 24 hours across the country has risen to 71 after the detection of 6,573 new cases since Thursday.
According to her report, the number of the total death toll reached 57,807.
Elaborating on the latest situation of the coronavirus pandemic in Iran, Lari added some 1,196,374 of whom have either recovered or been discharged from hospitals.
Lari underlined that 3,990 COVID-19 patients are in critical conditions and under treatment in intensive care units of the hospitals.
Since its outbreak, the COVID-19 pandemic has infected about 100 million people across the world, of whom over 2,100,000 people have lost their lives.
The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world has exceeded 101 million and the death toll is over 2.18 million.