Iran: COVID-19 kills 115 more over past 24 hours

On Saturday, Iran’s Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said that some 115 more Iranians have died of coronavirus (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours, bringing the total deaths to 9,507.

Sadat Lari said that, with the 115 new deaths, the country’s total COVID-19 death toll mounted to 9,507.

2,322 new cases of infection with COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, while some 595 of them were hospitalized, she added.

She noted that a total of 202,584 Iranians had been confirmed infected with the COVID-19. 161,384 of them have been discharged from the hospital or recovered from the disease.

Some 2,842 other COVID-19 patients are in critical conditions and treated in intensive care units, the spokeswoman said.

She added that 1,395,675 tests have so far carried out in Iran.