Over 18.6 Million Iranians Fully Vaccinated against COVID
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Iranian Health Ministry said on Saturday that more than 18.6 million people have received both doses of the coronavirus vaccine.
New figures released by the Health Ministry indicate that more than 62.9 million doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered in the country as of Saturday, with over 18.6 million people having been fully vaccinated.
While more than 33.14 million coronavirus diagnostic tests have been carried out in Iran so far, the total number of people tested positive has exceeded 5,691,600 following the detection of 7,654 new cases since Friday.
Of the new cases detected in the past 24 hours, 1,286 patients have been admitted to the hospital.
At least 5,201,500 patients have recovered from the coronavirus infection so far or have been discharged from hospitals across Iran.
The ministry also put the death toll from COVID-19 in Iran at 122,370, saying the disease has taken the lives of 173 patients over the past 24 hours.
Among those undergoing treatment in medical centers at present, 5,368 coronavirus patients are in the intensive care units.
The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world has surpassed 238 million and the death toll has exceeded 4.85 million.
