Coronavirus Cases in Iran about to Hit 3 Million
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The total number of people infected with the coronavirus in Iran has reached close to 3 million as the death toll and the cases admitted to the hospital have been on the decline in recent days.
Providing the latest statistics on the coronavirus infection, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman said on Wednesday that the total number of people tested positive for COVID-19 in the country has surpassed 2,990,700 after the detection of 10,598 new cases since yesterday.
She said the pandemic has claimed 157 lives over the past 24 hours, while the overall coronavirus death toll in Iran stands at 81,519.
More than 2,590,600 patients have recovered from the coronavirus infection so far or have been discharged from hospitals across Iran, Sima Sadat Lari added.
Among those undergoing treatment at present, 3,584 are being kept in the Intensive Care Units of medical centers because of critical health conditions, she said.
The spokeswoman also said more than 21.06 million coronavirus diagnostic tests have been carried out in Iran so far and over 4.28 million people have received the first dose of coronavirus vaccine.
The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world has surpassed 174 million and the death toll has exceeded 3.75 million.