TEHRAN, Jun 10 (NNN-IRNA) – The Iranian health ministry reported yesterday, 10,598 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country’s total infections to 2,990,714.
The pandemic has so far claimed 81,519 lives in Iran, up by 157 in the past 24 hours, the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education said, in a written briefing published on its website.
A total of 2,590,682 people have recovered from the disease or been discharged from hospitals across the country, while 3,584 remain in intensive care units, the ministry said.
The report added that, 21,065,451 tests have so far been carried out.
By yesterday, 4,281,268 people have received vaccines in the country, while 706,695 have taken two doses.
The second phase of the human trials for Iran’s locally developed Fakhra vaccine began, with inoculation on 500 volunteers.
Fakhra, the third domestically-developed Iranian COVID-19 vaccine, after the COV-Iran Barekat vaccine, is on the last stage of the third phase of human testing, while the Razi Cov Pars vaccine, entered the second phase of human trials on May 27.– NNN-IRNA
