Fri 19 June 2020:
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran on Friday confirmed 120 more fatalities from the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 9,392.
Health Ministry spokesman Sima Sadat Lari said a further 2,615 people tested positive for COVID-19, raising the overall count to 200,262.
A total of 159,192 people have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far, he said, adding that 2,833 remain at hospitals in critical conditions.
Over 1.37 million tests have been conducted in the country to date, Lari said.
Iran sees an upward trend in daily infections in many provinces, especially in the southwestern Khuzestan province.
Pakistan: Coronavirus recoveries climb to 37%
Pakistan recorded 37% recoveries of COVID-19 patients after more than 2,100 people were discharged from hospitals over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Friday.
According to the ministry’s daily report, recoveries increased by 2,161 to 61,383, while overall cases reached 165,062 with 4,944 new additions.
Pakistan has conducted over 1.01 million tests to date, the report said.
A total of 136 fatalities – the country’s highest daily figure also recorded on Wednesday – took the death toll to 3,229.
The report showed the mortality rate for critical cases has risen slightly to 2% from 1.9%.
Earlier this week, Pakistan announced it was considering using dexamethasone to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients.
Zafar Mirza, special assistant to the prime minister on health, said the country had ample supply of the cheap steroid, which UK researchers have found reduces deaths by about one-third in patients on ventilators and one-fifth in patients who require oxygen.
After emerging last December in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the virus has spread to at least 188 countries and regions.
There are more than 8.5 million confirmed infections globally and an excess of 454,300 deaths, with over 4.17 million recoveries.
-Anadolu agency
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