Some 197 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 125,716, Iran's Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
10,644 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, 1,462 of whom were hospitalized, it said.
The Iranian Health Ministry noted that 5,455,329 patients out of a total of 5,888,100 infected people have recovered or been discharged from hospitals.
Some 4,127 COVID-19 patients are in critical condition and in intensive care units, it added.
The Health Ministry also announced that 51,738,578 Iranians have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine and 31,718,775 people have so far received the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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