Deaths from coronavirus continues in Iran

117 more people have died from the coronavirus pandemic in the past 24 hours, bringing Iran’s death toll from the virus to 4,474, said Iran's Health Ministry Public Relations Office Kianoush Jahanpour on Sunday.
12.04.2020 14:20:07 / English News

The country has so far reported 71,686 confirmed coronavirus cases, an increase of 1,675 cases in the last 24 hours.

“43,894 patients suffering from the novel coronavirus have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far,” Jahanpour said.

“Some 3,930 patients are in critical condition,” he noted.

63,388 tests have been taken in 95 laboratories across the country to detect infected cases.

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 1,791,027 people, killing at least 109,664 worldwide. (ILKHA)