Two more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 144,732, Iran's Health Ministry said on Friday.
71 new cases of infection with COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, 39 of whom were hospitalized, it said.
The Iranian Health Ministry noted that 7,336,979 patients out of a total of 7,563,167 infected people have recovered or been discharged from hospitals.
217 COVID-19 patients are in critical condition and in intensive care units, it added.
The Iranian Health Ministry also announced that 65,179,644 Iranians have received the first dose and 58,578,198 people have so far received the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Moreover, 31,563,731 people have also received the third or fourth shots as booster jabs.
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