Iran reports 203 more fatalities from coronavirus

By Muhammet Kursun

TEHRAN (AA) – Iran on Monday confirmed 203 more fatalities from the novel coronavirus, bringing the nationwide death toll to 13,032.

A further 2,349 people tested positive for COVID-19, raising the overall count to 259,652, Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said.

She added that a total of 222,539 people have so far recovered and been discharged from hospitals, adding that 3,375 patients remain in critical condition.

Iran’s Khuzestan, Razavi Khorasan, West Azerbaijan, and Mazandaran provinces are in the red zone with high risk of coronavirus. The capital Tehran, Fars, Kerman, Alborz, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Golestan, Bushehr, Hormozgan, and East Azerbaijan provinces are among the high-risk regions.

Since originating in China last December, the COVID-19 pandemic has claimed almost 570,000 lives in 188 countries and regions.

Nearly 13 million cases have been reported worldwide, while over 7.13 million patients have recovered so far, according to figures compiled by the US' Johns Hopkins University.

*Writing by Ali Abo Rezeg