Iran’s Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Wednesday that some 153 more Iranians have died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 12,084.
Sadat Lari said that, with the 160 new deaths, the country’s total COVID-19 death toll mounted to 12,084.
Some 2,691 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, some 1,625 of whom have been hospitalized, she added.
She noted that a total of 248,379 Iranians have been confirmed infected with the COVID-19, some 209,463 of whom have been discharged from hospital or recovered from the disease.
Some 3,309 other COVID-19 patients are in critical condition and being treated in intensive care units, the spokeswoman said.
She added that 1,872,391 tests have so far been carried out in Iran.
Source: IRNA
