Tehran (IP) - 6745 people from a total of 19644, who were infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been recovered and discharged from hospitals across Iran, Deputy Health Minister announced on Friday.

Iran Press/ Iran News: In a daily video conference that was held at the Health Ministry on Friday, Alireza Raisi said that 1,237 new people have become infected with coronavirus and 149 more died during the past 24 hours.

Iran's Deputy Health Minister said that 6,745 people have recovered in total since the outbreak of coronavirus in Iran.

Given the latest figures of the Health Ministry, the total number of people diagnosed with the coronavirus has reached 19,644 people, out of whom 1,433 people died.

The vast majority of cases are in Tehran, with 220 more than the numbers of patients on the corresponding date of yesterday.

He then urged people to stay at home to fight better with the spread of coronavirus across Iran.

Coinciding with field-medical and research-medical efforts, Iran is moving forward in the fight against the virus despite cruel and illegal US sanctions, which has impeded Iran to mobilize all its resources to fight coronavirus.

The new respiratory virus, known officially as COVID-19, has spread to every continent except Antarctica as well as every single European country.

There are at least 246,799 diagnosed cases globally and at least 10,063 deaths, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Over 86,000 people with diagnosed cases have recovered.

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