According to health ministry’s spokeswoman, Sima Sadat Lari announcing the cases on Saturday, as many as 3,875 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were detected within the last 24 hours, of which 1,273 have been hospitalized.
The health ministry’s official further said that with the 195 new deaths, the country’s total COVID-19 deaths hit 28,293.
Another statistic also indicated a rise: as many as 403,950 patients out of 496,293 total infections have recovered or have been discharged from hospitals.
A total of 4,239 other COVID-19 patients are in critical condition and are under treatment in intensive care units (ICUs), Mrs. Sadat added.
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