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Iran Covid deaths hit record high in months

Iran on Sunday reported 15 deaths caused by the Coronavirus over the past 24 hours, the highest figure recorded in months.

“A sum of 463 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 Sunday, and added, “197 patients have been hospitalized during the same time span.”

It further announced that the total number of COVID-19 patients has increased to 7,570,232.

“Unfortunately, 15 patients have lost their lives in the past 24 hours, increasing the number of the dead to 144,893,” the ministry noted.

It expressed satisfaction that 7,339,704 coronavirus patients have recovered or been discharged from hospitals so far.

The center went on to say that 341 cases infected with COVID-19 are in critical conditions.

It added that 55,339,921 coronavirus diagnosis tests have so far been carried out across the country.

The health ministry public relations warned that one city is red, 6 cities are orange, 94 cities are yellow, and 348 cities are blue.

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