In a day of more grim news for Iran, the country’s death toll from the new coronavirus reached 3,036, with 138 deaths in the past 24 hours. These are official figures but experts fear the real numbers are higher. Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur also said Iran had 47,593 infected cases, Gulf News reported.
“We had 2,987 new cases of infected people in the past 24 hours and 15,473 people have recovered from the disease,” Jahanpur said.
Iran has been the country worst hit in the Middle East, and a vast majority of the cases of the disease in the region can be traced back to Iran.
After originating in Wuhan last December, the virus has spread to at least 180 countries and regions across the world, with its epicenter shifting to Europe, while China has largely come out of the crisis, Anadolu Agency reports.
The virus has killed more than 42,400 people and infected over 862,000 globally, while some 178,800 people recovered from the disease, according to figures collated by the U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University.
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