COVID-19 kills 113 more Iranians over past 24 hours

Jun 15, 2020- Tehran, June 15, IRNA – Iran’s Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Monday that some 113 more Iranians have died of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 8,950.

Lari said that, with the 113 new deaths, the country’s total COVID-19 death toll mounted to 8,950.

Some 2,449 new cases of infection with COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, some 824 of whom have been hospitalized, she added.

She noted that a total of 189,876 Iranians have been confirmed infected with the COVID-19, some 150,590 of whom have been discharged from hospital or recovered from the disease.

Some 2,765 other COVID-19 patients are in critical conditions and being treated in intensive care units, the spokeswoman said.

She added that 1,269,194 tests have so far been carried out in Iran.

Source: https://en.irna.ir/news/83822787/COVID-19-kills-113-more-Iranians-over-past-24-hours