Publish Date: 19 August 2020 - 14:57

Official: COVID-19 kills 153 more in Iran

Tehran, Aug 19 , IRNA - Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Wednesday that some 153 more Iranians have died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 20,125.

Sima Sadat Lari said that, with the 153 new victims, the country’s total COVID-19 deaths mounted to 20,125.

Some 2,444 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, some 1,132 of whom have been hospitalized, she added.

Sadat Lari noted that a total of 350,279 Iranians have been confirmed infected with the COVID-19, some 302,528 of whom have recovered and were discharged from hospital.

Some 3,868 other COVID-19 patients are in critical condition and being treated in intensive care units, the spokeswoman said.

She added that 2,939,840 tests have so far been carried out in Iran.

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