Iran Covid-19 live Update: Over 19K New Cases, 452 Deaths

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Publish Date: 18:54 - 15 September 2021
Wednesday, 15 September 2021 (YJC)_ The Iranian Health Ministry announced that 19,731 new Covid-19 cases have been detected in the country in the past 24 hrs.

Iran Covid-19 live Update: Over 19K New Cases, 452 DeathsThe Iranian Health Ministry spokesperson announced on Wednesday that 19,731 new COVID-19 infections have been detected across the country in the past 24 hours 3,016 of which has been hospitalized.

“A sum of 19,731 COVID-19 infections and 452 deaths has been identified due to the disease in the past 24 hours” the spox said while adding that “This brings the total number of cases to 5,360,387.”

“452 COVID patients have lost their lives in the past 24 hours that bring the total death toll 115,619,” the ministry added. 

“7,054 people are being treated in ICUs in hospitals across the country, while 4,654,558 have already gained recovery,” the health ministry added. 

The ministry also added that 30,557,737 coronavirus diagnosis tests have so far been carried out across the country while warning that “168 cities are rated red, 209 cities are orange, and 71 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 226,818,706 people have so far been infected with the novel coronavirus globally, with the deaths standing 4,666,048 and recoveries amounting to 203,583,418.

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