Coronavirus: Iran reports 7,975 new cases, 81 deaths in the last 24 hours

Iran has reported 81 new deaths from coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the number of deaths from the virus to 59,980, the Health Ministry Spokeswoman Sima Lari said in her daily press conference on Saturday.
27.02.2021 14:45:42 / English News

After 7,975 more people tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the number of infections has risen to 1,623,159 in the country.

There are at least 3,729 people in intensive care units, Lari said, adding that, of those tested positive for the virus, more than, 1,38 million patients have been discharged from hospital after being cured.

So far, more than 10,79 million tests have been taken across the country to detect infected cases, said the Health Ministry spokeswoman.

According to Worldometer, which is a reference website that provides counters and real-time statistics for diverse topics, the global death toll from coronavirus has surpassed 2,531,102 with 114,070,319 cases and more than 89,617,905 recoveries. (ILKHA)