Twenty-three Iranians have lost their lives to coronavirus over the past 24 hours, showing a decline in death toll as compared to a day earlier that saw 26 fatalities, according to the health ministry's daily update on Wednesday.
“A sum of 403 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 Wednesday, and added, “231 patients have been hospitalized during the same time span.”
It further announced that the total number of COVID-19 patients has increased to 7,605,105.
“Unfortunately, 23 patients have lost their lives in the past 24 hours, increasing the number of the dead to 145,914,” the ministry noted.
It expressed satisfaction that 7,353,821 coronavirus patients have recovered or been discharged from hospitals so far.
The center went on to say that 746 cases infected with COVID-19 are in critical conditions.
It added that 56,229,754 coronavirus diagnosis tests have so far been carried out across the country.
The health ministry public relations warned that 12 cities are red, 61 cities are orange, 270 cities are yellow, and 105 cities are blue.
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