Iran’s COVID-19 deaths surpass 7,000

On Monday, Iran confirmed 69 more fatalities from coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 7,057.

According to the Health Ministry, a further 2,294 people tested positive for COVID-19, raising the overall count to 122,492.

The statement added that 95,661 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far, while 2,712 patients remain in critical condition.

In Iran, one of the countries in the Middle East hardest hit by the virus, COVID-19, was first detected in the city of Qom on February 19 and then spread throughout the country.

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged in late 2019 in China’s Hubei province, and the virus has spread to 212 countries and territories since then.

To date, COVID-19 cases surpassed 4,805,000 globally, resulting in more than 1,860,000 recoveries and over 316,000 deaths.

On February 11, the WHO officially named the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) as COVID-19, and on March 11, declared it a pandemic.