TEHRAN, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The COVID-19 pandemic has so far claimed 60,073 lives in Iran, up by 93 in the past 24 hours, Iran's health ministry announced Sunday.
Iran reported 8,010 new coronavirus cases overnight, raising the total nationwide number to 1,631,169 by Sunday, said Sima Sadat Lari, spokeswoman of Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, during her daily briefing.
Of the newly infected, 494 were hospitalized, added Lari.
A total of 1,393,125 people have recovered from the disease and been discharged from hospitals, while 3,732 remain in intensive care units, she noted.
According to the spokeswoman, 10,853,008 tests for the virus have been carried out in Iran by Sunday.
Iran announced its first cases of COVID-19 on Feb. 19, 2020. Enditem
