Publish Date: 16 December 2020 - 14:32

COVID-19 kills 213 more Iranians over past 24 hours

Tehran, Dec 16, IRNA – Iran’s Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Wednesday that some 213 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours.

The health ministry spokeswoman said that with the 213 new deaths the country's total COVID-19 death toll mounted to 52,883.

Some 7,603 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, some 1,157 of whom have been hospitalized, Sadat Lari said.

She said that a total of 1,131,077 Iranians have been confirmed infected with the COVID-19, some 844,430 of whom have recovered or been discharged from the hospitals.

Some 5,678 other COVID-19 patients are in critical conditions and are being treated in intensive care units, the spokeswoman said.

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