Tuesday, 5 October 2021 (YJC)_ The Iranian Health Ministry announced that 13,226 new Covid-19 cases have been detected in the country in the past 24 hrs.
The Iranian Health Ministry spokesperson announced on Tuesday that 13,226 new COVID-19 infections have been detected across the country in the past 24 hours 1,922 of which has been hospitalized.
“A sum of 13,226 COVID-19 infections and 216 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 5,651,961.”
216 COVID patients have lost their lives in the past 24 hours that bring the total death toll 121,563,” the ministry added.
“5,665 people are being treated in ICUs in hospitals across the country, while 5,135,887 have already gained recovery,” the health ministry added.
The ministry also added that 32,723,597 coronavirus diagnosis tests have so far been carried out across the country while warning that “16 cities are rated red, 198 cities are orange, 176 cities are yellow, and 58 cities are blue.”
Iran has seen a major surge in the number of coronavirus deaths and infections in recent weeks as the Delta variant of the virus continues to spread across the country.
According to the latest figures, more than 236,300,891 people have so far been infected with the novel coronavirus globally, with the deaths standing 4,825,493 and recoveries amounting to 213,375,842.