Tehran, SAEDNEWS, Oct. 28: "According to definitive laboratory findings from yesterday to October 27, 2020, newly diagnosed patients with COVID-19 reached to 6,968 cases out of whom 2,135 of patients were hospitalized," Lari stated. She added that in the past 24 hours, 346 COVID-19 patients had lost their lives, bringing the total death toll to 33,299. 4,995 COVID-19 patients are in critical condition. "So far, 4,786,769 COVID-19 diagnosis tests have been conducted across the country," the Health Ministry spokeswoman noted.
She pointed out that Provinces of Tehran, Isfahan, Qom, East Azarbaijan, South Khorasan, Semnan, Qazvin, Lorestan, Ardabil, Khuzestan, Kermanshah, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Gilan, Bushehr, Zanjan, Ilam, Khorasan Razavi, Mazandaran, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Alborz, West Azarbaijan, Markazi, Kerman, North Khorasan, Hamadan, Yazd, and Kordestan are regarded as red zones. Hormozgan, Fars, Golestan, and Sistan and Baluchestan provinces are also regarded as orange and yellow zones (Source: IranPress).