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Iran Covid daily death toll becomes single-digit after nearly 8 weeks

The number of Coronavirus deaths in Iran has become single-digit after 54 days. Iranian Health Ministry figures on Wednesday showed 7 patients had died of the virus in the past 24 hours.

“A sum of 228 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, “99 patients have been hospitalized during the same time span.”

It further announced that the total number of COVID-19 patients has increased to 7,609,349.

“Unfortunately, seven patients have lost their lives in the past 24 hours, increasing the number of the dead to 146,136,” the ministry noted.

It expressed satisfaction that 7,360,520 coronavirus patients have recovered or been discharged from hospitals so far.

The center went on to say that 544 cases infected with COVID-19 are in critical conditions.

It added that 56,417,277 coronavirus diagnosis tests have so far been carried out across the country.

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