Coronavirus Death Toll in Iran Tops 95,000
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran has risen to 95,111, with over 500 more Iranians succumbing to the deadly disease in the last 24 hours, according to the country’s Health Ministry.
Over the last 24 hours, 39,139 new cases of COVID-19 infection were reported, with 4,636 of them hospitalized, the Ministry said on Tuesday.
It put the death toll from COVID-19 in Iran at 95,111, saying the disease has taken the lives of 508 patients over the past 24 hours.
More than 3,591,000 individuals have recovered or been discharged from hospitals out of a total of 3,826,447 sick people, the Ministry added.
Some 6,750 victims of COVID-19 are in severe condition and are being treated in intensive care facilities, it said.
The Ministry also said that more than 13.52 million Iranians have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, while over 3.27 million have received the second dosage.
The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world has surpassed 204 million and the death toll has exceeded 4.3 million.
