TEHRAN -- The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 142,861 with 55 more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran’s Health Ministry announced on Saturday.
The ministry detected 3,315 new cases during the period, 798 of whom were hospitalized. It said 7,161,858 patients out of a total of 7,468,894 infected people have recovered or been discharged from hospitals.