Iran reports 125 more deaths from coronavirus

The country’s death toll from the virus have reached 4,357, said Iran's Health Ministry Public Relations Office Kianoush Jahanpour on Saturday.
11.04.2020 14:20:22 / English News

2,010 new cases have been confirmed with coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the number of the confirmed cases to 70,029 in the country.

“41,947 patients suffering from the novel coronavirus have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far,” Jahanpour said.

“3,987 patients are in critical condition,” he added.

Iran reported its first confirmed cases of COVID-19 infections on 19 February 2020 in Qom.

As of 8 April 2020, Iran has the fifth-highest number of COVID-19 deaths after Italy, Spain, the United States and the United Kingdom, and the seventh-highest number of COVID-19 cases in the world.

The coronavirus pandemic, which was first identified in Wuhan, China, has until now infected 1,710,324 people, killing at least 103,512 worldwide. (ILKHA)