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Iran sees highest daily death toll from COVID-19
TEHRAN, Nov 2, 2020 (BSS/XINHUA) – Iran reported on Sunday 434 deaths related to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, making the highest daily death toll from coronavirus in the country.
Sima Sadat Lari, spokeswoman for the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, said at her daily briefing 620,491 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed so far in Iran, after the registration of 7,719 infections in the past 24 hours, official news agency IRNA reported.
According to the spokeswoman, 2,389 of these new patients have been hospitalized.
The new deaths, Sadat Lari added, took the overall death toll of the epidemic in Iran to 35,298.
Fortunately, she noted, 486,691 patients have recovered or been released from hospitals since the beginning of the outbreak, while 5,244 patients remain in critical condition.
The number of laboratory tests for COVID-19 carried out in Iran so far has by Monday reached 4,965,326, she went on to say.
Sadat Lari said 27 out of 31 Iranian provinces are on red alert for a high risk of infection, while four others are on yellow alert.
Following the COVID-19 resurgence in Iran over the past month, the health authorities have reintroduced strict protective measures and compulsory use of face masks in the capital Tehran and other major cities of the country.
Iran announced its first cases of COVID-19 on Feb. 19.
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