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Over 1 mln people have recovered from COVID-19 in Iran ANI | Updated: Jan 02, 2021 20:07 IST
Tehran [Iran], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Iranian health authorities announced 6,045 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, bringing the overall count to 1,237,474 cases in the country.
The number of patients recovered from the disease or released from Iranian hospitals has surpassed 1 million, reaching 1,004,326, on Saturday.
Among the newly confirmed in the past 24 hours, 639 had to be hospitalized, said the spokeswoman for the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education Sima Sadat Lari at her daily briefing, broadcasted by state TV.
The epidemic has claimed 55,438 lives in Iran, after 101 new deaths related to the coronavirus were registered between Friday and Saturday, according to Sadat Lari.
2:25 AM MYT CAIRO, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) Turkey reported 11,180 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, raising the total number in the country to 2,232,035. Meanwhile, a Palestinian official said that the first shipment of the coronavirus vaccine is expected to arrive in the Gaza Strip by March. The death toll from the virus in Turkey rose by 202 to 21,295, while the total recoveries climbed to 2,126,432, according to the country s health ministry. In Palestine, 1,064 new cases were confirmed, taking the total number to 157,879. The registered death cases increased to 1,578 and the total recovered cases hit 136,383. A Palestinian health official said that the first shipment of the vaccine to combat coronavirus is expected to arrive in the Gaza Strip by March.
Tehran [Iran], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Iranian health authorities announced 6,045 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, bringing the overall count to 1,237,474 cases in the country.
The number of patients recovered from the disease or released from Iranian hospitals has surpassed 1 million, reaching 1,004,326, on Saturday.
Among the newly confirmed in the past 24 hours, 639 had to be hospitalized, said the spokeswoman for the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education Sima Sadat Lari at her daily briefing, broadcasted by state TV.
The epidemic has claimed 55,438 lives in Iran, after 101 new deaths related to the coronavirus were registered between Friday and Saturday, according to Sadat Lari.