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Iran Coronavirus Recovered Cases Exceed 111,000

reporter 1222 — Wed, 27 May 2020 10:33:22 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – More than 111,000 coronavirus patients in Iran has fully recovered from the disease as of Wednesday, the Health Ministry’s spokesman announced.

Kianoosh Jahanpoor said at a press conference today that the number of people tested positive for COVID-19 across the country has risen to 141,591 following the detection of 2,080 new cases since Tuesday noon.

He also noted that 111,176 patients have recovered from coronavirus infection so far and have been discharged from the hospital.

According to Jahanpoor, the coronavirus death toll in Iran now stands at 7,564 following the death of 56 patients over the past 24 hours.

Among those undergoing treatment in the hospital at present, 2,551 patients have critical health conditions because of more severe infection, he said.

He also noted that more than 856,000 coronavirus diagnostic tests have been carried out in Iran so far.

More than 5,688,000 people have been infected with COVID-19 globally, and the death toll has exceeded 352,000.

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Iran Health Ministry: No new coronavirus deaths in 10 provinces

reporter 1222 — Wed, 20 May 2020 04:36:04 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran on Tuesday reported no new coronavirus deaths in nearly a third of its provinces for 24 hours but said there were more than another 2,100 cases of infection nationwide, according to Health Ministry.

The virus spread rapidly to all 31 of Iran’s provinces soon after the country’s first cases – two deaths in the holy city of Qom – were announced three months ago, AFP reported.

“Ten provinces have reported no new coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours and six others only one,” said Iran Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour.

The southwestern province of Khuzestan was still classified as “red” – the highest level on the country’s color-coded risk scale, he said.

But the situation was “stable” in most other provinces, Jahanpour told a televised news conference.

Khuzestan was currently the only province still classified as red, he added.

The official had warned in previous days of a deteriorating situation in the provinces of Lorestan, North Khorasan, Kerman, Sistan and Baluchistan, and Kermanshah.

On Tuesday, he said 62 fatalities in the past 24 hours had taken the overall death toll in the country’s outbreak to 7,199.

Another 2,111 new infections were confirmed over the same period, he said, raising the total caseload to 124,603.

More than 97,170 of those hospitalized with the virus have been recovered and discharged, he added.

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Iran: 70,933 patients recovered from Covid-19

reporter 1222 — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 10:25:32 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour made the announcement on Monday that 70,933 Covid-19 patients have recovered from the disease in Iran.

Noting that after 36 days, the number of people getting infected daily now stands at less than 1,000.

He added that in the past 24 hours, 991 new cases of coronavirus were reported, increasing the total number of infections in Iran to 91,472.

Some 96 coronavirus patients lost their lives in the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 5,806, he added.

There were 3,011 people in intensive care, Jahanpour said, adding, of those infected, 70,933 have recovered.

So far, 432,329 tests have been taken across the country to detect infected cases, said the Health Ministry spokesman.

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Health Ministry: Iran produces COVID-19 rapid test kit

reporter 1222 — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 07:33:05 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Spokesperson for the Coronavirus Combat and Prevention Headquarters Kianoush Jahanpour said on Sunday that Iran has developed COVID-19 rapid test kits based on antibody detection, adding that the kits will hit the market soon.

In a tweet Jahanpour wrote, “with the efforts of Iranian experts and knowledge-based companies, a rapid test for the detection of coronavirus based on the identification of antibodies will be available soon. These quick, low-cost, and inclusive detection methods will facilitate the step-by-step implementation of ‘Smart Distancing Plan’ in the coming weeks.”

Iran health ministry official went on to say that no drug and vaccine has yet been produced in the world to treat and prevent coronavirus and the best way to contain this epidemic, which makes social work and reopening of jobs possible, is to use COVID-19 rapid test from antibodies.

After implementing the Social Distancing Plan, Iran has initiated a second phase of the plan, so-called ‘Smart Distancing Program’ from Saturday by the reopening of low-risk businesses in all provinces except Tehran.

According to the latest statistics of Iran’s Health Ministry, 70,029 have thus far been infected with coronavirus in the country while the death toll has risen to 4,357 and 41,947 people have recovered.

Worldwide, the number of infections reaches more than 1,770,000 people, of whom 108,338 people have died.

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Coronavirus update: 62,589 infected, 27,039 recovered in Iran

reporter 1222 — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 11:30:35 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – As of Tuesday, the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Iran has reached 62,589, while 27,039 have recovered from the disease, according to Health Ministry update.

Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said that 2,089 more cases have tested positive with the virus in the past 24 hours, increasing the total number of infections in Iran to 62,859.

He added that 27,039 patients suffering from the novel coronavirus have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far.

He put the number of those who lost their lives to the virus in the past 24 hours at 151, which brings the total death toll to 3,827 in Iran.

Some 3,987 patients are in critical condition, said the Health Ministry spokesman.

According to a report by the Iranian Health Ministry, capital Tehran reported the highest number of infections as compared with other provinces in the country.

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