TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Iran's death toll over COVID-19 climbed to 21,020 on Wednesday after an overnight registration of 119 new fatalities, Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education announced.
At her daily briefing, Sima Sadat Lari, the spokeswoman for the Iranian health ministry, confirmed 365,606 total novel coronavirus cases after 2,243 new infections in the past 24 hours were added.
Out of the new cases, 1,121 have been hospitalized, Lari said.
A total of 314,870 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospitals while 3,831 patients remain under intense care in the hospitals across the country, she added.
Besides, 3,113,806 lab tests have so far been carried out in Iran, she said.
The spokeswoman added that 13 Iranian provinces are in the high-risk condition.
Iran announced its first cases of COVID-19 on Feb. 19.
Iran and China have offered mutual help in combating the COVID-19 pandemic.
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
