COVID-19 kills 172 more people in Iran

Sima Sadat Lari said that with the 172 new victims, the country's total COVID-19 deaths mounted to 63,332.

Some 13,890 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, some 2,048 of whom have been hospitalized, she added.

Sadat Lari noted that 1,658,978 patients out of a total of 1,945,964 infected people have recovered or been discharged from the hospitals.

Some 4,095 other COVID-19 patients are in critical condition and being treated in intensive care units, the spokeswoman said.

She added that 13,183,709 tests have so far been carried out in Iran.

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