Iran reports 11,737 new COVID-19 cases, 738,322 in total

Source: Xinhua| 2020-11-13 20:59:18|Editor: huaxia

TEHRAN, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education reported on Friday 11,737 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, raising the nationwide number to 738,322.

Sima Sadat Lari, the spokeswoman for the ministry, said at her daily briefing that 461 more deaths from the virus were confirmed, bringing the death toll to 40,582 in the country.

Among the newly infected, 2,967 patients required hospitalization. The total number of recoveries from COVID-19 in Iran has by now reached 546,642, she said.

Currently, 5,630 patients are in critical condition in intensive care units in Iran.

The risk of infection remains high in 27 out of 31 Iranian provinces, Sadat Lari added. Enditem

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