COVID New Cases in Iran Around 1,400
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The number of people who have tested positive for the coronavirus in Iran in the past 24 hours stood at around 1,400 cases.
The Health Ministry announced on Thursday that the total number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 in Iran has surpassed 7,213,800 after the detection of 1,413 new cases since yesterday.
Of these new cases, 169 patients have been admitted to the hospital, it added.
Among those undergoing treatment in medical centers at present, 1,173 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 140,919, saying the disease has taken the lives of 23 patients over the past 24 hours.
At least 6,958,000 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 64.25 million Iranians have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, over 57.44 million have received the second dosage, and more than 26.87 million have gotten the booster shots.
The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world has surpassed 507 million and the death toll exceeds 6.23 million.