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Covid in Iran: 940 new cases, 39 deaths

The Iranian Health Ministry figures on Monday showed that 940 people had tested positive for the Coronavirus over the past 24 hours. The disease has also killed 39 patients during the period.

“A sum of 940 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 Monday, and added, “497 patients have been hospitalized during the same time span.”

It further announced that the total number of COVID-19 patients has increased to 7,599,828.

“Unfortunately, 39 patients have lost their lives in the past 24 hours, increasing the number of the dead to 145,652,” the ministry noted.

It expressed satisfaction that 7,349,511 coronavirus patients have recovered or been discharged from hospitals so far.

The center went on to say that 818 cases infected with COVID-19 are in critical conditions.

It added that 56,070,167 coronavirus diagnosis tests have so far been carried out across the country.

The health ministry public relations warned that 18 cities are red, 76 cities are orange, 227 cities are yellow, and 127 cities are blue.

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