TEHRAN (Dispatches) – The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran exceeded 72,000 on Saturday, a Health Ministry spokeswoman said.
Sima Sadat Lari said the pandemic had claimed 332 lives over the past 24 hours, taking the overall death toll to 72,090. COVID-19 cases also surpassed 2,516,000 after the detection of 17,080 new cases. More than 1,971,000 patients have recovered so far or have been discharged from hospital across Iran, Lari said.