COVID-19 kills 109 more Iranians over past 24 hours

The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 127,918 with 109 more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Friday.

According to reports, some 109 more people have died from COVID-19 over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 127,918, Iran's Health Ministry said on Friday.

7,322 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, 1,158 of whom were hospitalized, it said.

The Health Ministry noted that 5,670,656 patients out of a total of 6,027,269 infected people have recovered or been discharged from hospitals.

Some 3,546 COVID-19 patients are in critical condition and in intensive care units, it added.

The Health Ministry also announced that 55,511,128 Iranians have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine and 41,650,237 people have so far received the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Moreover, 398,881 people have also received the third shot as the booster dose.

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