Iran’s COVID-19 tally exceeds 3.5 mln

TEHRAN, July 17– Iran reported on Saturday 15,139 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country’s total infections to 3,501,079.. The pandemic has so far claimed 86,966 lives in Iran, up by 175 in the past 24 hours, the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education said in a briefing published on the ministry’s official website. Iran reported first cases of COVID-19 in…

TEHRAN, July 17 (Xinhua) — Iran reported on Saturday 15,139 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country’s total infections to 3,501,079.

The pandemic has so far claimed 86,966 lives in Iran, up by 175 in the past 24 hours, the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education said in a briefing published on the ministry’s official website.

A total of 3,118,348 people have recovered from the disease or been discharged from hospitals across the country, while 4,237 remain in intensive care units, the ministry said.

By Saturday, 5,891,385 people have received coronavirus vaccines in the country, while 2,252,021 have taken two doses.

Earlier in the day, the spokesman for Iran’s national headquarters fighting COVID-19, Alireza Raisi, said the Delta variant of the coronavirus is the predominant variant in the country, and it has spread in all Iranian provinces, official news agency IRNA reported.

Iran reported first cases of COVID-19 in February 2020. Enditem