Some 2,700 COVID Patients in Iran’s ICUs
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Of the patients diagnosed with the coronavirus infection in Iran, more than 2,700 are in the intensive care units of hospitals.
The Iranian Health Ministry said on Wednesday that 2,732 victims of COVID-19 in the country are in severe condition and are being treated in intensive care facilities.
The death toll from the pandemic in Iran has risen to 131,527, as 53 more Iranians have succumbed to the deadly disease in the last 24 hours, it said.
Over the last 24 hours, 1,905 new cases of COVID-19 infection were reported, with 348 of them hospitalized, it added.
The ministry also said more than 6,032,600 individuals have recovered or been discharged from hospitals out of a total of 6,190,700 sick people.
It also noted that over 59.71 million Iranians have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, over 51.68 million have received the second dosage, and more than 7.13 million have gotten the booster shots.
The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world has surpassed 283 million and the death toll has exceeded 5.43 million.
