Some 216 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 121,563, Iran’s Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
13,226 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, 1,922 of whom were hospitalized, it said.
The Iranian Health Ministry noted that 5,135,887 patients out of a total of 5,651,961 infected people have recovered or been discharged from hospitals.
Some 5,665 COVID-19 patients are in critical condition in intensive care units, it added.
The Health Ministry also announced that 42,449,726 Iranians have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine and 17,208,581 people have so far received the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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