Nearly 1,600 COVID Patients at ICUs in Iran
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Nearly 1,600 of the patients diagnosed with the coronavirus infection in Iran are in the intensive care units of hospitals.
The Iranian Health Ministry said on Monday that 1,591 COVID-19 patients in the country are in severe condition and are being treated in intensive care facilities.
The death toll from the pandemic in Iran has risen to 140,368, as 53 more Iranians have succumbed to the deadly disease in the last 24 hours, it said.
Over the last 24 hours, 3,519 new cases of COVID-19 infection were reported, with 450 of them hospitalized, it added.
The Health Ministry also said more than 6.89 million individuals have recovered or been discharged from hospitals out of a total of 7,171,000 sick people.
The ministry added that over 63.96 million Iranians have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, over 56.95 million have received the second dosage, and more than 26.31 million have gotten the booster shots.
The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world has surpassed 491 million and the death toll has exceeded 6.17 million.
