Publish Date: 28 October 2020 - 15:05

COVID-19 kills 415 more Iranians over past 24 hours

Tehran, Oct 28, IRNA – Iran’s Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Wednesday that some 415 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours.

The health ministry spokeswoman said that with the 415 new deaths the country's total COVID-19 death toll mounted to 33,714.

Some 6,824 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, some 2,490 of whom have been hospitalized, Sadat Lari said.

She said that a total of 588,648 Iranians have been confirmed infected with the COVID-19, some 467,917 of whom have been recovered or discharged from the hospitals.

Some 5,012 other COVID-19 patients are in critical conditions and are being treated in intensive care units, the spokeswoman said.

Sadat Lari added that 4,821,681 coronavirus tests have so far been carried out in Iran.

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