Iran Press/Iran News: According to definitive laboratory findings from yesterday to December 16, 2020, newly diagnosed patients with COVID-19 reached 7,704 cases out of whom 1,299 patients were hospitalized, the Spokeswoman for Iran's Ministry of Health Sima Sadat Lari stated.
She added that in the past 24 hours, 213 COVID-19 patients had lost their lives, bringing the total death toll to 52,883.
5,678 COVID-19 patients are in critical condition.
So far, 6,846,781 COVID-19 diagnosis tests have been conducted across the country, the Health Ministry spokeswoman noted.
Currently, 12 counties are in the red zone, 288 are in the orange zone, and 148 are in the yellow zone.
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