2021-04-15 12:05:44 GMT2021-04-15 20:05:44(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
TEHRAN, April 15 (Xinhua) The Iranian health ministry on Thursday reported 25,078 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, taking the country s total infections to 2,168,872.
The pandemic has so far claimed 65,680 lives in Iran, up by 321 in the past 24 hours, said Sima Sadat Lari, spokeswoman for the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, during her daily briefing.
A total of 1,749,041 people have recovered from the disease or been discharged from hospitals across the country, while 4,601 remain in intensive care units, she noted.
The spokeswoman added that 14,059,260 tests have so far been carried out in Iran.
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Iranian Jewish men inside the Yousefabad Synagogue, Tehran, Dec. 26, 2011.
The Jewish community in Iran is facing a new wave of serious infections, as several Jews there are fighting for their lives and at least four Jews have died in recent days from the coronavirus, the B’Hadrei Haredim website reported on Monday (
According to Iranian media reports, 258 people have died from the pandemic on Sunday in the country â the highest daily figure since December 10. The widespread wave of infections is threatening the Jewish community in Iran whose members have not yet been vaccinated. Vaccines are not widely available currently in Iran.