Coronavirus daily deaths in Iran below 70

The daily death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran was down to 67 on Wednesday.

Providing the latest statistics for the coronavirus infection, the Health Ministry’s Spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Wednesday that the pandemic has claimed 67 lives over the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll in Iran to 59,184.

She also noted that the total number of people tested positive for COVID-19 in the country has surpassed 1,542,000 after the detection of 8,042 new cases since yesterday.

More than 1,317,600 patients have recovered from the coronavirus infection so far or have been discharged from hospitals across Iran, Lari said.

Among those undergoing treatment at present, 3,684 are being kept in the Intensive Care Units of medical centers because of critical health conditions, she said.

She also noted that more than 10.2 million coronavirus diagnostic tests have been carried out in Iran so far.

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