Over 83,000 infected by Coronavirus in Iran

Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour pointed to the latest statistics on the COVID-19 in the country.

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Date: 20 April 2020 - 17:35

RNA – ‎Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour pointed to the latest statistics ‎on the COVID-19 in the country, saying that 1,294 new cases have tested positive with the ‎virus in the past 24 hours, increasing the total number of infections in Iran to 83,505 since ‎the outbreak.‎

He said that unfortunately, 91 coronavirus patients lost their lives in the same period, ‎bringing the total death toll to 5,209.‎

According to the Health Ministry Spokesman, 59,273 patients suffering from the coronavirus ‎have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far, while 3,389 patients are in critical ‎condition.‎

So far, some 353,012 tests have been taken in laboratories across the country to detect ‎infected cases, Jahanpour said.‎

As of Monday, 2,407,414 cases of coronavirus infections were reported in 210 countries. ‎More than 165,073 have died, while over 625,199 have recovered.‎

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