2020-12-23 12:35:49 GMT2020-12-23 20:35:49(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
TEHRAN, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) Iran s health authorities announced on Wednesday 6,261 new COVID-19 infections, raising the overall count in the country to 1,177,004 cases, official news agency IRNA reported.
Of the newly infected in the past 24 hours, 1,075 had to be hospitalized, the spokeswoman for the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education Sima Sadat Lari said at her daily briefing.
She said 153 deaths with the coronavirus were registered between Tuesday and Wednesday, taking the death toll in Iran to 54,156.
In the meantime, 914,194 COVID-19 patients have recovered or been released from Iranian hospitals, where 5,419 others are currently in critical condition, according to Sadat Lari s report.
Iran records 6,261 new COVID-19 cases, 1,177,004 in total - Xinhua
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5:46 AM MYT KUWAIT CITY Kuwait will launch the COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Thursday, with the elderly and first frontline workers receiving the jab, Kuwait s Minister of Health Bassel Al-Sabah said Wednesday. During an inspection of the vaccination center in Hawalli Governorate, the minister said that the vaccine would arrive on a monthly base in Kuwait for a period of a year, affirming that the ministry was keen on delivering the vaccine to people nationwide. (Kuwait-COVID19-Vaccination) - - - - ANKARA Turkey reported on Wednesday 19,650 new COVID-19 cases, including 3,192 symptomatic patients, raising the total number in the country to 2,082,610.
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People shop at a Christmas market in Tehran, capital of Iran, on Dec. 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz) Turkey isolates 4,603 passengers from Britain over new COVID-19 strain Iraq imposes travel ban on 8 countries Iran s infections up 6,208 to 1,170,743 Israel to impose 3rd nationwide lockdown
CAIRO, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) Turkey has put 4,603 passengers from Britain under quarantine, while Iraq imposed on Tuesday a travel ban on eight countries, including Britain, in a bid to contain the spread of a newly-found COVID-19 strain.