Tehran (IP) - The spokeswoman for Iran's Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday in her presser that 1,072,620 people in the country have been infected with the coronavirus, and 765,639 of the total infected people recovered.

Iran Press/Iran News: According to definitive laboratory findings from yesterday to December 9, 2020, newly diagnosed patients with COVID-19 reached 10,223 cases out of whom 1,747 patients were hospitalized, the Spokeswoman for Iran's Ministry of Health Sima Sadat Lari stated. She added that in the past 24 hours, 295 COVID-19 patients had lost their lives, bringing the total death toll to 51,212.

5,779 COVID-19 patients are in critical condition.

So far, 6,523,409 COVID-19 diagnosis tests have been conducted across the country, the Health Ministry spokeswoman noted.

Currently, 64 counties are in the red zone, 278 are in the orange zone, and 106 are in the yellow zone.

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