TEHRAN, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Iran's confirmed novel coronavirus cases rose to 200,262 on Friday after an overnight registration of 2,615 new infections, according to official IRNA news agency.
During her daily briefing, Sima Sadat Lari, the spokeswoman for Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education, said out of the new cases in the past 24 hours, 986 were hospitalized.
The pandemic has so far claimed the lives of 9,392 Iranians, up by 120 in the past 24 hours, she said.
So far, 159,192 have recovered and been discharged from hospitals and 2,833 remain in critical condition.
According to Lari, 1,370,718 lab tests for COVID-19 have been carried out in Iran as of Friday.
Iran's health official said that six provinces are in high-risk condition, urging people to respect health protocols.
Iran announced its first cases of COVID-19 on Feb. 19.
In mid-February, at the early stage of the coronavirus outbreak in China, Iran lit up the Tehran Azadi (Liberty) Tower to show its solidarity with China, and donated 3 million masks to China.
In return, China has delivered several shipments of medical supplies to Iran. On Feb. 29, a five-member Chinese medical team visited Iran for a month-long mission to help Iran fight the pandemic. Enditem
