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Coronavirus infects over 80 people in Iran, 1 killed

The Iranian Health Ministry figures on Thursday showed that more than 80 people had tested positive for the Coronavirus over the past 24 hours. The deadly disease has also killed 1 patient during the period.

“A sum of 84 new patients infected with COVID-19 have been identified in the country based on confirmed diagnosis criteria during the past 24 hours,” the Iranian Health Ministry’s Public Relations Center said on Thursday, and added, “45 patients have been hospitalized during the same time span.”

It further announced that the total number of COVID-19 patients has increased to 7,564,551.

“Unfortunately, one patient has died in the past 24 hours, increasing the number of the dead to 144,752,” the ministry noted.

It expressed satisfaction that 7,337,667 coronavirus patients have recovered or been discharged from hospitals so far.

The center went on to say that 220 cases infected with COVID-19 are in critical conditions.

It added that 55,043,386 coronavirus diagnosis tests have so far been carried out across the country.

The health ministry public relations warned that 4 cities are orange, 102 cities are yellow, and 342 cities are blue.

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