Iran’s Daily COVID-19 Case Tally Tops 18,500
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s daily COVID-19 cases exceeded 18,598 as the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread and increase hospitalizations, Health authorities said on Saturday.
The number of hospitalization has increased 2.1 times in just one week, surpassing to over 14,000 cases this week, according to the Iranian Health Ministry’s figures.
New cases jumped to 18,598 since a day earlier. Unfortunately, 133 new COVID-related deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, bringing the total death toll from this disease to 133,570.
The ministry reported that 6,281,274 patients have been recovered or discharged from hospitals so far, while 3,343 patients with COVID-19 infection are still being cared for in the intensive care units of hospitals around the country.
So far, 45,980,540 COVID-19 diagnostic tests have been performed throughout the country.
The ministry also announced that 61,477,263 Iranians have received the first dose and 54,772,244 people have so far received the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Moreover, 21,084,795 people have also received the third shot as the booster jab.
Worldwide, 223 countries and Territories have reported a total of 409,533,597 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and a death toll of 5,823,199.
Meanwhile, the head of the World Health Organization has said the acute phase of the pandemic could end this year, if about 70 percent of the world gets vaccinated.