Coronavirus in Iran: Zero Deaths in 19 Provinces
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Out of the 32 provinces in Iran, 19 have reported zero new deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, as the country has marked one of the lowest daily fatalities in the past months.
Over the past 24 hours, 1,994 new cases of COVID-19 infection were reported in Iran, with 349 of them hospitalized, the Health Ministry said on Friday.
It put the death toll from COVID-19 in Iran at 140,777, saying the disease has taken the lives of 33 patients over the past 24 hours, while no patient has died in 19 provinces.
More than 6,938,400 individuals have recovered or been discharged from hospitals out of a total of 7,204,000 who have contracted the disease, the ministry added.
Some 1,483 victims of COVID-19 are in severe condition and are being treated in intensive care facilities, it said.
The ministry also said that over 64.16 million Iranians have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, over 57.3 million have received the second dosage, and more than 36.69 million have gotten the booster shots.
The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world has surpassed 503 million and the death toll has exceeded 6.21 million.