Coronavirus Cases in Iran Surpass 1.8 Million
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The total number of people infected with the coronavirus in Iran has exceeded 1.8 million, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman said.
Providing the latest statistics on the coronavirus infection, Sima Sadat Lari said on Sunday that the total number of people tested positive for COVID-19 in the country has surpassed 1,801,000 after the detection of 7,260 new cases since yesterday.
The pandemic has claimed 73 lives over the past 24 hours, while the overall coronavirus death toll in Iran stands at 61,797, she added.
More than 1,543,100 patients have recovered from the coronavirus infection so far or have been discharged from hospitals across Iran, Lari said.
Among those undergoing treatment at present, 3,858 are being kept in the Intensive Care Units of medical centers because of critical health conditions, she said.
The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world has surpassed 123 million and the death toll has exceeded 2.71 million.
