Coronavirus in Iran: Daily Death Toll Exceeds 120
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The daily death toll from the coronavirus in Iran surpassed 120 as the total number of cases since the outbreak of the disease in the country is about to hit 210,000, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman said.
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Sima Sadat Lari put the death toll from COVID-19 in Iran at 9,863, saying the disease has taken the lives of 121 patients over the past 24 hours.
She said the total number of people tested positive for COVID-19 in the country has risen to 209,970 following the detection of 2,445 new cases since yesterday.
Of the new cases detected since Monday, 1,234 patients have been admitted to the hospital, she added.
At least 169,160 patients have recovered from the coronavirus infection so far and have been discharged from hospitals across Iran, the spokeswoman said.
Among those undergoing treatment in medical centers at present, 2,846 coronavirus patients have critical health conditions because of more severe infection, Lari noted.
She further said more than 1,475,000 coronavirus diagnostic tests have been carried out in Iran so far.
The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world has surpassed 9,2 million and the death toll has exceeded 474,000.
