TEHRAN, Sept 12 (NNN-IRNA) – The Iranian health ministry reported yesterday, 16,654 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country’s total infections to 5,275,567.
According to a briefing, published by Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education on its official website, the pandemic has claimed 113,824 lives in the country so far, after 444 new deaths were registered in the past 24 hours.
A total of 4,538,419 people have recovered from the disease, or been discharged from hospitals across the country, while 7,347 remain in intensive care units, the ministry said, on its official website.
By yesterday, 22,149,180 Iranians have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while 11,777,896 have taken two doses.
Iran has recently been facing a surge of the Delta variant of COVID-19.– NNN-IRNA
