Iran reports 3,503 new Covid-19 cases, 6,245,346 in total

Tehran, Jan 23 (IANS) Iran's Health Ministry has reported 3,503 new Covid-19 daily cases, taking the country's total infections to 6,245,346.The pandemic also claimed 30 lives in the past 24 hours from Saturday, taking the death toll to 132,202, said the update by the Ministry.A total of 6,078,024 people have recovered from the disease or been discharged from hospitals across the country, while 1,216 remained in intensive care units, according to the Ministry.By Saturday, 60,465,452 Iranians have received their first vaccine dose, including 53,517,573 who have taken two vaccine jabs, and 14,269,799 have received a booster shot, Xinhua news agency reported.The report added that 43,953,611 tests have so far been carried out across the country.
--IANS int/khz/

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