Some 62 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 143,612, Iran’s Health Ministry said on Thursday.
2,378 new cases of infection with COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, 544 of whom were hospitalized, it said.
The Iranian Health Ministry noted that 7,263,911 patients out of a total of 7,518,974 infected people have recovered or been discharged from hospitals.
1,254 COVID-19 patients are in critical conditions and in intensive care units, it added.
The Iranian Health Ministry also announced that 64,953,521 Iranians have received the first dose and 58,333,997 people have so far received the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Moreover, 30,588,576 people have also received the third or fourth shots as the booster jab.
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