TEHRAN, Feb 13 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s health ministry reported 7,298 daily COVID-19 cases yesterday, raising the total infections to 1,503,753.
The pandemic has so far claimed 58,809 lives in Iran, up by 58 in the past 24 hours, said Sima Sadat Lari, the spokeswoman for Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, during her daily briefing.
Of the newly infected, 557 were hospitalised, said Lari.
A total of 1,285,014 people have recovered from the disease and been discharged from hospitals, while 3,729 remain in intensive care units.
According to the spokeswoman, 9,938,625 tests for the virus have been carried out in Iran as of yesterday.
Iranian health ministry started COVID-19 vaccination in Iran on Tuesday, using Russia-made vaccine, Sputnik V. Iran’s ambassador to Moscow announced that, the second batch of the vaccine will arrive in Iran next week.– NNN-IRNA
