Iran coronavirus death toll rises to 15,289

TEHRAN. KAZINFORM - Iran’s Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Friday that some 215 more Iranians have died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours, IRNA reports.

The spokeswoman said that, with the 215 new deaths, the country's total COVID-19 death toll mounted to 15,289.

Some 2,489 new cases of infection to COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, some 1,504 of whom have become hospitalized, Lari said.

She said that a total of 286,523 Iranians have been confirmed infected with COVID-19, some 249,212 of whom have been discharged from hospital or recovered from the disease.

Some 3,653 other COVID-19 patients are in critical conditions and being treated in intensive care units, the spokeswoman said.