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COVID-19 kills 132 more Iranians over past 24 hours

08.09.2020 [19:00]
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COVID-19 kills 132 more Iranians over past 24 hours

Baku, September 8, AZERTAC

Iran’s Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Saturday that some 132 more Iranians have died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours, according to IRNA.

The spokeswoman said that, with the 132 new deaths, the country's total COVID-19 death toll mounted to 18,264.

Some 2,125 new cases of infection with COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, some 1,049 of whom have been hospitalized, Lari said.

She said that a total of 324,692 Iranians have been confirmed infected with COVID-19, some 282,122 of whom have been recovered or discharged from the hospitals.

Some 4,148 other COVID-19 patients are in critical conditions and being treated in intensive care units, the spokeswoman said.

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