Some 197 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 123,695, Iran’s Health Ministry said on Friday.
11,857 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, 1,591 of whom were hospitalized, it said.
The Iranian Health Ministry noted that 5,294,981 patients out of a total of 5,765,904 infected people have recovered or been discharged from hospitals.
Some 4,924 COVID-19 patients are in critical condition in intensive care units, it added.
The Health Ministry also announced that 47,713,258 Iranians have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine and 22,816,536 people have so far received the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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