Iran Covid-19 live Update: Over 20K New Cases, 515 Deaths

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Publish Date: 17:58 - 04 September 2021
Saturday, 4 September 2021 (YJC)_ The Iranian Health Ministry announced that 20,404 new Covid-19 cases have been detected in the country in the past 24 hrs.

Iran Covid-19 live Update: Over 20K New Cases, 515 DeathsThe Iranian Health Ministry spokesperson announced on Saturday that 20,404 new COVID-19 infections have been detected across the country in the past 24 hours.

“20,404 COVID-19 infections and 515 deaths due to the disease in the past 24 hours” the spox said while adding that “This brings the total number of cases to 5,103,537.”

“3,479 of the newly-detected patients have been hospitalized since yesterday,” the ministry added while saying “515 COVID patients have lost their lives in the past 24 hours that bring the total death toll 110,064.”

“7,744 people are being treated in ICUs in hospitals across the country, while 4,332,892 have already gained recovery,” the health ministry added.

The ministry also added that 29,335,572 coronavirus diagnosis tests have so far been carried out across the country while warning that “246 cities are rated red, 144 cities are orange, and 58 cities are yellow.”

Iran has seen a major surge in the number of coronavirus deaths and infections in recent days as the Delta variant of the virus continues to spread across the country.

According to the latest figures, more than 220,786,206 people have so far been infected with the novel coronavirus globally, with the deaths standing at 4,570,603 and recoveries amounting to 197,342,614.

 

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