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COVID-19 Fatalities in Iran Exceed 10,000: Official

Iranian Health Ministry spokeswoman says 134 patients have died of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, increasing the overall death toll to 10,130.

In a press briefing on Thursday, Sima-Sadat Lari confirmed 2,595 new cases of COVID-19 infection, increasing the total number of infections to 215,096.

According to the spokeswoman, 175,103 patients have so far recovered from COVID-19, but 2,899 are still in severe conditions of the disease.

She said so far 1,530,437 COVID-19 tests have been taken across the country.

According to Lari, Khuzestan, Kurdistan, Hormozgan, Bushehr, and Kermanshah provinces have recorded the highest number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized.

The number of patients hospitalized in Tehran and Fars provinces also shows a growing trend, she added.

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Seyedeh Maryam Hosseini Lahijani

Hedieh Lahiji is an Iranian journalist who mainly reports the latest developments in science and technology. Her work in the IFP is mainly focused on the coverage of Iranian knowledge-based companies and their scientific achievements.

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