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Tuesday, September 22, 2020
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Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Iran records highest COVID-19 cases in a single day
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIran announces the highest number of cases of the novel coronavirus in a single day, with 3,712 people infected in 24 hours.
“We are seeing an increase in confirmed cases, and daily hospitalizations in most of our provinces,” health ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari says in televised remarks.
“The rate of compliance with health protocols and wearing masks is declining,” she warns.
The highest case number recorded before was on June 4, when 3,574 cases were detected, according to official figures.
Iran has been battling the Middle East’s deadliest outbreak of COVID-19, with the death toll standing at 24,656 people out of a total of 429,193 people infected.
— AFP
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