33.5% of COVID-19 Patients Recover in Iran

By Staff, Agencies

Iranian Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoosh Jahanpoor on Monday put the number of patients who have recovered from the novel coronavirus in the country at 13,911, which represents 33.5% of the total infections.

Over the past 24 hours, 3,186 new cases of coronavirus have been diagnosed across the country, bringing the total number of infected persons to 41,495 in the country, Jahanpoor said on state TV.

“With 117 new deaths in the past 24 hours, the death toll from the virus has reached 2,757," he added.

Jahanpoor further put the number of those recovered so far from the viral infection at 13,911.

Iran's Health Ministry announced on Saturday that the country was developing a treatment method that could help prevent the spread of COVID-19, with the help of stem cells.

The virus outbreak that originated in Wuhan, China, has infected 785,000 people around the world so far.