COVID Daily Death Toll in Iran Stands at 134
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The coronavirus pandemic claimed 134 lives in Iran over the past 24 hours.
Providing the latest statistics on the coronavirus infection, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman said on Tuesday that the total number of people tested positive for COVID-19 in the country has surpassed 3,049,000 after the detection of 10,216 new cases since yesterday.
Sima Sadat Lari said the pandemic has claimed 134 lives over the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 82,351.
More than 2,683,200 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, 3,394 are being kept in the Intensive Care Units of medical centers because of critical health conditions, she said.
The spokeswoman also said more than 21.81 million coronavirus diagnostic tests have been carried out in Iran so far and over 4.36 million people have received the first dose of coronavirus vaccine.
The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world has surpassed 177 million and the death toll has exceeded 3.82 million.