Some 80 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 61,877 Iran’s Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Monday.

Some 7,357 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, 773 of whom were hospitalized, Lari said.

She added that with the 80 new victims, the country’s total COVID-19 deaths mounted to 61,877.

Lari noted that 1,549,649 patients out of a total of 1,808,422 infected people have recovered or been discharged from the hospitals.

Some 3,861 other COVID-19 patients are in critical condition and being treated in intensive care units, the spokeswoman said.

Source: Iranian Agencies