Number of COVID patients hospitalized in Iran down to 55

The number of coronavirus patients admitted to the hospital across Iran over the past 24 hours dropped to 55, the Health Ministry said on Sunday.

According to Tasnim news agency, the new figures released by the Health Ministry indicate that the total number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 infection in Iran has exceeded 7,228,000 following the detection of 368 new cases since yesterday.

Of the new cases detected in the past 24 hours, only 55 patients have been admitted to the hospital.

At least 7,020,800 million patients have recovered from the coronavirus infection so far or have been discharged from hospitals across Iran.

The Ministry also put the death toll from COVID-19 in Iran at 141,224, saying the disease has taken the lives of 8 patients over the past 24 hours.

Among those undergoing treatment in medical centers at present, 737 coronavirus patients are in the intensive care units, it said.

The Ministry added that over 64.44 million Iranians have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, over 57.71 million have received the second dosage, and more than 27.32 million have gotten the booster shots.

The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world has surpassed 521 million and the death toll has exceeded 6.28 million.

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