The Iranian health ministry announced on Friday that it has recorded 2,819 new cases of COVID-19 in the country in the past 24 hours, IgbereTV reports.
“2,819 more patients infected with COVID-19 virus have been identified in the country in the past 24 hours based on confirmed diagnosis criteria,” Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said on Friday.
He explained that 547 new patients were hospitalized and 2,272 others were identified as outpatients.
Jahanpour noted that the total number of coronavirus patients in the country has increased to 146,668 people.
He expressed pleasure that 114,931 patients have been recovered and been discharged from hospitals.
Jahanpour said that 7,677 people have lost their lives due to infection to the virus, including 50 in the past 24 hours.
The ministry’s spokesman, meantime, expressed concern that 2,547 patients infected with COVID-19 virus are in critical conditions.
He went on to say that there have been no reports of death in 15 provinces during the past 24 hours, and that 5 provinces have reported just one dead each.
Expressing concern over the red condition of Khuzestan province, Jahanpour added that there are concerns about Khorasan Razavi and East and West Azarbaijan provinces, as well.
Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki stressed on April 7 effective measures to control coronavirus epidemic, expressing the hope that the disease would be controlled in Iran by late May.
“At present, the country is in the phase of disease management and we should not imagine that we have reached the harness and control phase. Today is the time for full-fledged combat against the virus. God willing, we will control coronavirus by late May. The virus should be controlled in the minimum possible time,” Namaki said, addressing the Iranian legislators in an open session of the parliament in Tehran.
He said that at least 30% to 50% of hospital beds are still vacant across Iran and nearly 15,000 beds are ready to keep the patients who are recovering from coronavirus disease.
“We have now moved down to tank 6th in terms of deaths,” Namaki said. He also stated that in the next few days, the country’s situation in treatment of patients will improve.
