Tehran, SAEDNEWS: Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, Sima Sadat Lari said the total number of people tested positive for COVID-19 in Iran has surpassed 4,119,000 after the detection of 26,439 new cases since yesterday.
Of the new cases detected over the past 24 hours, 3,705 patients have been admitted to the hospital, she added.
Among those undergoing treatment in medical centers at present, 6,375 coronavirus patients have critical health conditions because of more severe infection, Lari noted.
She further put the death toll from COVID-19 in Iran at 93,473, saying the disease has taken the lives of 387 patients over the past 24 hours.
At least 3,515,200 patients have recovered from the coronavirus infection so far or have been discharged from hospitals across Iran, the spokeswoman said.
The spokeswoman also said more than 26.39 million coronavirus diagnostic tests have been carried out in Iran so far and over 12.12 million people have received the first dose of coronavirus vaccine.
The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world is about to hit 202 million and the death toll exceeds 4.29 million (Source: Tasnim).
Coronavirus in Iran: Over 3,700 New Cases Hospitalized
