Saturday, 24 October 2020 (YJC)_ The Iranian Health Ministry has announced 6,134 new coronavirus infections and 335 deaths due to the disease in a single day.
In her daily briefing on Sunday, Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesperson, Sima Lari announced that the total number of confirmed cases of the disease has hit 556,891so far.
“335 new deaths have been registered in 24 hours while the total death toll stands at 31,985” She added.
Elsewhere in her remarks she pointed “446,685people have recovered from the disease and 4,658,727 tests have been carried out to detect the disease across the country.”
She also said that 2,214new cases have been hospitalized in the past 24 hours while 4,933people are in critical condition.
According to the latest figures on Friday, 42,009,491 people have so far been infected with the novel coronavirus globally, with the deaths passed 1,142,942 and recoveries amounting to 31,192,392.