TEHRAN, May 23 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran reported yesterday, 8,005 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country’s total infections to 2,823,887.
The pandemic has so far claimed 78,381 lives in Iran, up by 187 in the past 24 hours, the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education said.
A total of 2,319,746 people have recovered from the disease or been discharged from hospitals across the country, while 4,945 remain in intensive care units, the ministry said.
The report adds that, 18,810,335 tests have so far been carried out. By yesterday, 2,478,936 people have received vaccines in the country, while 451,721 had received both doses.
Earlier in the day, the spokesman for the Iranian National Headquarters for Combating Coronavirus, Alireza Raisi, announced new official regulations, for the upcoming campaign of Iran’s presidential election.
Political rallies in closed spaces are prohibited, and any meeting in the open area must be limited to a maximum capacity of one person per eight square metres, Raisi said, as quoted by the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education’s official website.
Currently, he noted, the daily number of cases detected is decreasing throughout the Iranian territory, except for some counties in the southern provinces.– NNN-IRNA
