Tehran (IP) - The spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health said that so far, 271,606 people in the country have been infected with the coronavirus, and 235,000 of the total infected people have recovered and discharged so far.

Iran Press/Iran News: Sima Sadat Lari on Saturday reported the latest data on the coronavirus in the country and the deaths caused by the virus.

She said: "According to the definitive laboratory findings and from yesterday to July 18 in the country, 2,166 new patients with COVID-19 were diagnosed and the number of patients with the COVID-19 disease reached 271,606."

1,293 of the new patients were hospitalized, Lari reported.

The Spokeswoman said: "Unfortunately, in the past 24 hours, 188 COVID-19 patients have lost their lives, bringing the total number of deaths to 13,979." 

"So far, around 2,123,518 COVID-19 diagnosis tests have been conducted in the country," the Health Ministry spokeswoman said.

According to the spokeswoman, the provinces of East Azerbaijan, Ilam, Bushehr, Khuzestan, Khorasan Razavi, Mazandaran, Zanjan, Kerman, Golestan, and Fars are in a critical situation namely Red status.

The infection rate is reducing in Khuzestan and Zanjan provinces due to the cooperation of people in observing the health protocols.

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