Iran Coronavirus live Update: 21,713 new cases, 433 deaths

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Iran » Iran
Publish Date: 18:41 - 28 April 2021
Wednesday, 28 April 2021 (YJC)_ The Iranian Health Ministry spox announced 21,713 new Covid-19 cases has been detected in the country.

Iran Coronavirus live Update: 21,713 new cases, 433 deathsThe Iranian Health Ministry spokesperson, Sima Lari, announced on Teusday that 21,713 new COVID-19 infections have been detected across the country in the past 24 hours.

“21,713 COVID-19 infections and 433 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 2,459,906.”

She went on to say that “433 COVID patients have lost their lives in the past 24 hours that bring the total death toll to 70,966.”

“Of the new cases detected over the past 24 hours, 3,467 patients have been admitted to the hospital,” she added.

“5,338 individuals are experiencing critical conditions while 1,923,081 have already gained recovery,” she said while saying “So far 15.56 million tests have been taken across the country to detect cases.”

Following a dramatic surge in coronavirus infections in recent days Iranian health officials urged people to stay at home,and businesses in Tehran have been forced to close for two weeks.

According to the latest figures, more than 149,469,966 people have so far been infected with the novel coronavirus globally, with the deaths standing at 3,152,100 and recoveries amounting to 127,132,995.

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