Publish Date: 15 July 2020 - 14:24

Official: COVID-19 kills 199 more in Iran

Tehran, July 15, IRNA - Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Wednesday that some 199 more Iranians have died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 13,410.

Sadat Lari said that, with the 199 new victims, the country’s total COVID-19 deaths mounted to 13,410.

Some 2,388 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, some 1,775 of whom have been hospitalized, she added.

Sadat Lari noted that a total of 264,561 Iranians have been confirmed infected with the COVID-19, some 227,561 of whom have recovered and discharged from the hospitals.

Some 3,411 other COVID-19 patients are in critical condition and being treated in intensive care units, the spokeswoman said.

She added that 2,048,049 tests have so far been carried out in Iran.

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