Publish Date: 5 October 2020 - 14:23

TEHRAN, Oct. 05 (MNA) – The daily count of COVID-19 infections in Iran reached 3,902 on Monday, bringing the total cases to 475,674, according to the Health Ministry.

Health Ministry Spokeswoman Sima Lari said that the respiratory illness claimed the lives of 235 people in the country in the course of the past 24 hours, increasing the death tally to 27,192.

A total of 392,293 infected patients have recovered from the deadly virus and 4,167 are hospitalized in intensive care units.

Iran has administered over 4.1 million tests to identify infections in individuals.

So far, over 35.43 million worldwide have tested positive for COVID-19 and over 1.04 million have lost their lives.

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