Total COVID Cases in Iran Top 3.5 Million
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The number of people infected with the coronavirus in Iran since its outbreak in February 2020 has surpassed 3.5 million, while more than 3.11 million patients have recovered across the country.
Providing the latest statistics on the coronavirus infection, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman said on Saturday that the total number of people tested positive for COVID-19 in the country has exceeded 3,501,070 after the detection of 15,139 new cases since yesterday.
Sima Sadat Lari said the pandemic has claimed 175 lives over the past 24 hours, while the overall coronavirus death toll in Iran stands at 86,966.
More than 3,118,340 patients have recovered from the coronavirus infection so far or have been discharged from hospitals across Iran, she added.
Among those undergoing treatment at present, 4,237 are being kept in the Intensive Care Units of medical centers because of critical health conditions, Lari said.
The spokeswoman also said more than 24.96 million coronavirus diagnostic tests have been carried out in Iran so far and over 5.89 million people have received the first dose of coronavirus vaccine.
The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world has surpassed 190 million and the death toll has exceeded 4.09 million.
