Some 5,000 New COVID Cases Detected in Iran
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The number of people tested positive for the coronavirus in Iran in the past 24 hours stood at slightly above 5,000 cases.
The Health Ministry announced on Wednesday that the total number of people tested positive for COVID-19 in Iran has surpassed 7,107,100 after the detection of 5,008 new cases since yesterday.
Of the new cases detected over the past 24 hours, 911 patients have been admitted to the hospital, it added.
Among those undergoing treatment in medical centers at present, 3,265 coronavirus patients are being kept in the intensive care units because of more severe infection, the ministry said.
It further put the death toll from COVID-19 in Iran at 138,433, saying the disease has taken the lives of 173 patients over the past 24 hours.
At least 6,754,200 patients have recovered from the coronavirus infection so far or have been discharged from hospitals across Iran, it said.
The ministry also said that over 63.33 million Iranians have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, over 55.93 million have received the second dosage, and more than 24.51 million have gotten the booster shots.
The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world has surpassed 450 million and the death toll exceeds 6.03 million.