COVID-19 kills one more Iranian over past 24 hours

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Dec 23, 2022

Tehran, IRNA -- The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 144,673 with one more Iranian killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Friday.

21 new cases of infection with COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, 14 of whom were hospitalized, it said.

The Iranian Health Ministry noted that 7,335,868 patients out of a total of 7,560,688 infected people have recovered or been discharged from hospitals.

The Iranian Health Ministry also announced that 65,149,406 Iranians have received the first dose and 58,560,574 people have so far received the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Moreover, 31,395,895 people have also received the third or fourth shots as the booster jab.

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