Some 166 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 86,207, Iran’s Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
22,750 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, 2,399 of whom were hospitalized, it said.
The Iranian Health Ministry noted that 3,056,160 patients out of a total of 3,417,029 infected people have recovered or been discharged from hospitals.
Some 3,866 COVID-19 patients are in critical condition in intensive care units, it added.
The Health Ministry also announced that 5,102,301 Iranians have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine and 2,169,067 people have so far received the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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