Sima Sadat Lari said that, with the 216 new victims, the country’s total COVID-19 deaths mounted to 16,982.
Some 2,548 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, some 1,067 of whom have been hospitalized, she added.
Sadat Lari noted that a total of 306,752 Iranians have been confirmed infected with the COVID-19, some 265,830 of whom have recovered and were discharged from hospital.
Some 4,011 other COVID-19 patients are in critical condition and being treated in intensive care units, the spokeswoman said.
She added that 2,482,553 tests have so far been carried out in Iran.
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