Iran Coronavirus live Update: 18,230 new cases, 374 deaths

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Iran » Iran
Publish Date: 18:48 - 24 April 2021
Saturday, 24 April 2021(YJC)_ The Iranian Health Ministry spox announced 18,230 new Covid-19 cases has been detected in the country.

Iran Coronavirus live Update: 18,230 new cases, 374 deathsThe Iranian Health Ministry spokesperson, Sima Lari, announced on Saturday that 18,230 new COVID-19 infections have been detected across the country in the past 24 hours.

“18,230 COVID-19 infections and 374 deaths due to the disease in the past 24 hours” Lari said while adding that “This brings the total number of cases to more than 2,377,039.”

She went on to say that “374 COVID patients have lost their lives in the past 24 hours that bring the total death toll to 69,120 and makes one of the highest numbers of fatalities over the past five months.”

“Of the new cases detected over the past 24 hours, 2,912patients have been admitted to the hospital,” she added.

“5,156 individuals are experiencing critical conditions while 1,863,405 have already gained recovery,” she said while saying “so far 15,078,540 tests have been taken across the country to detect cases and 584,000 people have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.”

According to the latest figures, more than 146,449,875 people have so far been infected with the novel coronavirus globally, with the deaths standing at 3,102,937 and recoveries amounting to 124,234,822.

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