Iran Weightlifting Coach Barkhah Tests Positive for COVID-19

The two-time world championship silver medalist is in Ahvaz, where the national team holds the training camp.

Health Ministry’s spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Sunday that the pandemic has claimed 62 lives over the past 24 hours, one of the lowest numbers of fatalities since May 2020.

The overall coronavirus death toll in Iran stands at 58,945, she added.

More than 1,298,000 patients have recovered from the coronavirus infection so far or have been discharged from hospitals across Iran, Lari noted.

Among those undergoing treatment at present, 3,709 are being kept in the Intensive Care Units of medical centers because of critical health conditions, she said.

The spokeswoman also noted that more than 10 million coronavirus diagnostic tests have been carried out in Iran so far.

The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world has surpassed 109 million and the death toll has exceeded 2.4 million.