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Iran reports 1,682 new COVID-19 cases, 376,894 in total
TEHRAN, Sept 1, 2020 (BSS/XINHUA) – Iran’s health ministry on Tuesday
reported an overnight registration of 1,682 infections with novel coronavirus
which took the total infections to 376,894 in the country since February.
Sima Sadat Lari, spokeswoman for Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical
Education, said at her daily briefing that out of the new cases in the past
24 hours, 786 have been hospitalized.
The pandemic has so far claimed 21,672 lives in Iran, up by 101 in the past
24 hours, said Lari.
Besides, 325,124 people have recovered and been discharged from hospitals
while 3,709 remain in intense condition.
She added that 3,256,122 lab tests have so far been carried out in Iran.
The spokeswoman said that 13 Iranian provinces are still in high-risk and
15 provinces are on alert conditions.
Iran announced its first cases of COVID-19 on Feb. 19.
Iran and China have offered mutual help in combating the COVID-19 pandemic.
In mid-February, at the early stage of the coronavirus outbreak in China,
Iran lit up the Tehran Azadi (Liberty) Tower to show its solidarity with
China, and donated 3 million masks to China.
In return, China has delivered several shipments of medical supplies to
Iran. On Feb. 29, a five-member Chinese medical team visited Iran for a
month-long mission to help Iran fight the pandemic. E
BSS/XINHUA/FI/ 1710 hrs