Publish Date: 26 August 2020 - 14:36

Official: COVID-19 kills 119 more in Iran

Tehran, Aug 26, IRNA - Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Wednesday that some 119 more Iranians have died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 21,020.

Sadat Lari said that, with the 119 new victims, the country's total COVID-19 deaths mounted to 21,020.

Some 2,243 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, some 1,121 of whom have been hospitalized, she added.

Sadat Lari noted that a total of 365,606 Iranians have been confirmed infected with the COVID-19, some 314,870 of whom have recovered or discharged from hospital.

Some 3,831 other COVID-19 patients are in critical condition and being treated in intensive care units, the spokeswoman said.

She added that 3,113,806tests have so far been carried out in Iran.

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