Tehran (HRNW) – Iran on Tuesday reported 133 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of officially confirmed fatalities to 3,872.
In the past 24 hours, 2,089 new cases of COVID-19 infection were recorded across the country, health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said.
That brought the number of confirmed cases to 62,589, he told a televised news conference.
Iran announced its first COVID-19 cases on February 19, when it said two people had died from the illness.
Jahanpour said that while 3,987 patients were in critical condition, recoveries had increased and a total of 27,039 people had left hospital.
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