Health Ministry: Coronavirus Cases Rise
TEHRAN -- The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran reached 144,672 on Wednesday, according to official figures, with 75 patients reported in intensive care units nationwide.
Five more Iranians died from the disease over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 144,672, Iran’s Health Ministry said. Fourty-eight new cases of infection with COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, 25 of whom were hospitalized, it added.