TEHRAN, Dec 26 (NNN-ISNA) – Iran announced yesterday, 6,021 new COVID-19 infections, in the past 24 hours, raising the tally to 1,189,203 in the country, so far.
Of the newly infected, 906 had to be hospitalised, said the spokeswoman for the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Sima Sadat Lari, at her daily briefing, as reported by the ministry’s official website.
The pandemic has so far claimed 54,440 lives in Iran, after 132 new deaths from the virus were registered between Thursday and yesterday, according to Sadat Lari.
Meanwhile, 933,736 COVID-19 patients have recovered or been released from Iranian hospitals as of yesterday, but 5,345 others are still in critical condition, she added.
Iran announced its first cases of COVID-19 on Feb 19.– NNN-ISNA
