TEHRAN, Jul 15 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran yesterday reported 23,371 new COVID-19 cases, raising the country’s total infections to 3,440,400.
The pandemic has so far claimed 86,391 lives in Iran, up by 184 in the past 24 hours, the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education said.
A total of 3,069,943 people have recovered from the disease, or been discharged from hospitals across the country, while 3,963 remain in intensive care units, according to the ministry.
By yesterday, 5,331,780 people have received their first dose of coronavirus vaccines in the country, with 2,191,936 taking both doses.
Iranian health authorities have re-imposed restrictions, amid the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19 in the country, as the number of infections has been rising steadily in most parts of Iran over the past few days.
Iran reported its first cases of the disease in Feb, 2020.– NNN-IRNA
