Iranian Health Ministry spokeswoman, on Tuesday, stated that some 482 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 42,461.






Sima Sadat Lari said that with the 482 new victims, the country's total COVID-19 deaths mounted to 42,461.

Some 13,352 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, some 3,079 of whom have been hospitalized, she added.

Sadat Lari noted that 570,774 patients out of a total of 788,473 infected people have recovered or been discharged from the hospitals.

Some 5,691 other COVID-19 patients are in critical condition and being treated in intensive care units, the spokeswoman said.