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COVID-19 kills 126 more Iranians over past 24 hours
Baku, August 22, AZERTAC
Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Saturday that some 126 more Iranians have died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 20,502, according to IRNA.
Sima Sadat Lari said on Friday that, with the 126 new victims, the country’s total COVID-19 deaths mounted to 20,502.
Some 2,028 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, some 707 of whom have been hospitalized, she added.
She noted that a total of 356,792 Iranians have been confirmed infected with the COVID-19, some 307,702 of whom have recovered and were discharged from hospital.
Some 3,850 other COVID-19 patients are in critical condition and being treated in intensive care units, the spokeswoman said.
She added that 3,011,310 tests have so far been carried out in Iran.