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Nearly 2,000 New Cases Admitted to Hospital; Iran Reports

reporter 1222 — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 12:31:29 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Nearly half of more than 4,000 new coronavirus cases detected in Iran over the past 24 hours have been admitted to the hospital, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman announced.

Speaking at a daily press conference on Tuesday, Sima Sadat Lari said the total number of people tested positive for COVID-19 infection in Iran has risen to 508,389 following the detection of 4,108 new cases since Monday noon.

Of the new cases detected since yesterday, 1,949 patients have been admitted to the hospital, she added.

At least 411,840 patients have recovered from the coronavirus infection so far or have been discharged from hospitals across Iran, the spokeswoman added.

She further put the death toll from COVID-19 in Iran at 29,070, saying the disease has taken the lives of 254 patients over the past 24 hours.

Among those undergoing treatment in medical centers at present, 4,570 coronavirus patients have critical health conditions because of more severe infection, Lari noted.

The spokeswoman also said more than 4,369,600 coronavirus diagnostic tests have been carried out in Iran so far.

The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world has surpassed 38 million and the death toll has exceeded 1,080,000.

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353,000 Iranian Patients Recovered from COVID-19

reporter 1222 — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 10:30:28 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – More than 353,000 coronavirus positive cases have recovered from the infectious disease in Iran, the Health Ministry said.

Speaking at a daily press conference on Thursday, Sima Sadat Lari put the death toll from the novel coronavirus in Iran at 23,808, saying the disease has taken the lives of 176 patients over the past 24 hours.

She also noted that at least 353,848 patients have recovered from the coronavirus infection so far or have been discharged from hospitals across the country.

The number of people tested positive for COVID-19 infection in Iran has risen to 413,149 following the detection of 2,815 new cases since Wednesday noon, the spokeswoman added.

Among those undergoing treatment in medical centers at present, 3,848 patients have critical health conditions because of more severe infection, Lari noted.

She went on to say that more than 3,667,000 coronavirus diagnostic tests have been carried out in Iran so far.

The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world has surpassed 30 million and the death toll has exceeded 945,000.

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Health Ministry: COVID-19 Death Toll Hits 23,000

reporter 1222 — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 11:25:19 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – While the death toll from COVID-19 in Iran surpassed 23,000 on Saturday, the Health Ministry said more than 330,000 positive cases have recovered from the disease.

Speaking at a daily press conference on Saturday, Health Ministry Spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said the coronavirus has taken the lives of 116 patients during the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 23,029.

The number of people tested positive for COVID-19 in Iran has risen to 399,940 after the detection of 2,139 new cases since yesterday, she added.

Of the new cases detected over the past 24 hours, 1,138 patients have been admitted to the hospital, the spokeswoman said.

At least 344,516 patients have recovered from the coronavirus infection so far or have been discharged from hospitals across Iran, she said.

Among those undergoing treatment in medical centers at present, 3,768 coronavirus patients have critical health conditions because of more severe infection, Lari noted.

The spokeswoman also said more than 3,532,000 coronavirus diagnostic tests have been carried out in Iran so far.

The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world has exceeded 28.6 million and the death toll has surpassed 920,000.

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Iran COVID-19: 1,680 new cases, 78 deaths on Wednesday

reporter 1222 — Wed, 06 May 2020 10:54:06 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – As of Wednesday, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Iran has passed 101,000, of whom 6,418 have lost their lives to the deadly virus.

Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour made the announcement on Wednesday, saying that 78 patients lost their lives in the past day, bringing the total death toll to 6,418.

Some 1,680 new cases of coronavirus have been diagnosed in the country in the past 24 hours, putting the total number of infections at 101,650, he added.

The health ministry spokesman said that 2,735 patients are in critical condition and of those originally infected, 81,587 were declared recovered.

So far, 931,275 tests have been taken across the country to detect infected cases, he added.

The global death toll from coronavirus has passed 258,000 with over 3.7 million known cases of infection and more than 1.2 recoveries, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally.

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2nd Stage of National Mobilization for Coronavirus Fight Begins

reporter 1222 — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 08:01:35 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s minister of health praised the popular forces for their outstanding contributions to the national mobilization plan for the fight against coronavirus, saying the second phase of the scheme is also going to rely on the capabilities of Basij.

Saeed Namaki on Friday sent a letter to Basij (mobilization) Force Commander Brigadier General Gholam Reza Soleimani, commending the paramilitary forces for their active participation in the first stage of the national scheme in which more than 70 million Iranians were screened for coronavirus infection.

The minister noted that the Basij forces’ dedication to the countrywide scheme to defeat COVID-19 will go down in history, saying the Health Ministry and Basij will be working together in the second stage of the coronavirus battle national mobilization plan.

During the second stage, Namaki said, the cases detected in the previous phase will be monitored, the people who were in contact with the infected cases but have no symptoms will be tested, and the smart social distancing program will be supervised.

Last week, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani unveiled a plan for smart social distancing across the country as a new phase of measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

In Iran, nearly 35,500 coronavirus patients have recovered from the disease so far.

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Ryabkov: Russia to keep helping to Iran with coronavirus

reporter 1222 — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 13:32:30 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Russia Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in a telephone conversation with the Iranian ambassador that Russia will continue to assist Iran in the fight against coronavirus.

Ryabkov held a phone conversation with Iran’s Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali, assuring him that Russian aid to Iran would continue to combat coronavirus.

He added that Moscow has taken steps to lift US sanctions on Iran, saying that it will seek to expand its cooperation with Iran in a variety of ways, including participation in INSTEX.

Appreciating Russia’s assistance to Iran in the fight against coronavirus, Jalali emphasized the need for continued bilateral and global assistance.

Jalali also emphasized the cooperation of all countries in the fight against the virus.

He further praised Russia’s rational stance on US unilateral and illegal sanctions against Iran.

Russia has already sent 50,000 coronavirus test kits to Iran.

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