Some 201 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 86,592, Iran's Health Ministry said on Thursday.
The Ministry said that 23,655 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, 2,552 of whom were hospitalized.
The Iranian Health Ministry noted that 3,086,017 patients out of a total of 3,464,055 infected people have recovered or been discharged from hospitals.
Some 4,064 COVID-19 patients are in critical condition in intensive care units, it added.
The Health Ministry also announced that 5,507,841 Iranians have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine and 2,219,693 people have so far received the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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