Coronavirus is wreaking havoc in Iran. The nation reported fresh 7,298  corona cases on Friday. With the addition of these cases, total nationwide infections reach to 1,503,753.

According to the report, the  corona pandemic has so far claimed 58,809 lives in Iran, up by 58 in the past 24 hours, said Sima Sadat Lari, the spokeswoman for the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, during her daily briefing. Lari said, "of the newly infected, 557 were hospitalized." She further informed that a total of 1,285,014 people have recovered from the disease and been discharged from hospitals, while 3,729 remain in intensive care units.

According to the spokeswoman, 9,938,625 tests for the virus have been carried out in Iran as of Friday. The health ministry of the nation started the corona vaccination in Iran on Tuesday using Russia-made vaccine Sputnik V. Iran's ambassador to Moscow announced that the second batch of the vaccine will arrive in Iran on Friday.

Meanwhile, Covid-19 cases rise unabated across the globe, with more than 108.7 million infected by the deadly contagion. While 80,868,132 have recovered, 2,392,479 have died so far. The US remains the worst-hit country with 28,102,746, followed by India, Brazil, Russia and the United Kingdom. 

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