Covid-19: Iran records lowest single-day death toll in last one month
14 April 2020 11:52 AM GMT
Ninety-eight deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall toll to 4,683.
Iranians, some wearing protective masks, gather inside the capital Tehran's grand bazaar, during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic crises. AFP Photo
Tehran: Iran said on Tuesday that the number of lives lost in the country to the novel coronavirus dropped to double figures for the first time in one month.
Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said 98 deaths from the COVID-19 disease were recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall toll to 4,683.
"Unfortunately, we lost 98 of our compatriots infected with the disease... but after a month of waiting, this is the first day that the death toll has been double figures," he told a televised news conference.
( Source : AFP )
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