Iran Shatters One-Day Record of COVID-19 Deaths for 2nd Day in Row

Iran has confirmed 272 new fatalities caused by the novel coronavirus, breaking its one-day record of COVID-19 deaths for the second consecutive day.

In her press briefing on Monday, Health Ministry Spokeswoman Sima-Sadat Lari said the new deaths increase the overall death toll to 28,816.

She also reported 4,206 new cases of COVID-19 infection, raising the total number of cases to 504,281.

So far, she added, 409,121 patients have recovered from the disease or been discharged from the hospital.

Lari said 4,533 patients are also in critical conditions caused by more severe infection.

The spokeswoman noted that 4,340,831 COVID-19 tests have been taken across the country so far.

She said the high-risk “red” zones include Tehran, Qom, Mazandaran, East Azarbaijan, Isfahan, Yazd, Ardabil, Khorasan Razavi, Khuzestan, Hamadan, West Azarbaijan, Bushehr, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Alborz, Lorestan, Markazi, Ilam, South Khorasan, Kermanshah, North Khorasan, Semnan, Gilan, Zanjan, Qazvin, and Kerman provinces.

The “orange” zones also include Golestan, Hormozgan, Kurdistan, and Fars provinces, she added.

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