Iran Reports 382 New Deaths Caused by COVID-19

Iran has confirmed 382 new deaths caused by the novel coronavirus, increasing the overall death toll to 48,628.

In a press briefing on Tuesday, Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima-Sadat Lari reported 13,881 new cases of COVID-19 infection, raising the total number of cases to 975,951.

So far, she added, 677,963 patients have recovered from the disease or been discharged from the hospital.

Lari said 5,840 patients are also in critical conditions caused by more severe infection.

The spokeswoman noted that 6,168,637 COVID-19 tests have been taken across the country so far.

She said the high-risk “red” zones include Tehran, Qom, Mazandaran, East Azarbaijan, Isfahan, Yazd, Ardabil, Khorasan Razavi, Khuzestan, Hamadan, West Azarbaijan, Bushehr, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Alborz, Lorestan, Markazi, Ilam, South Khorasan, Kermanshah, North Khorasan, Semnan, Gilan, Zanjan, Qazvin, Kurdistan, and Kerman provinces.

The “orange” and “yellow” zones also include Golestan, Hormozgan, Fars, and Sistan-and-Baluchestan provinces, she added.

IFP Editorial Staff

The IFP Editorial Staff is composed of dozens of skilled journalists, news-writers, and analysts whose works are edited and published by experienced editors specialized in Iran News. The editor of each IFP Service is responsible for the report published by the Iran Front Page (IFP) news website, and can be contacted through the ways mentioned in the "IFP Editorial Staff" section.