Iran recorded its highest number of deaths from COVID-19 within a 24-hour period, official health ministry figures showed on Monday, APA reports quoting Reuters.
The 162 deaths reported on Monday exceed the previous record on April 4, when the health ministry reported 158 deaths in a day.
The Islamic Republic has recorded a total of 10,670 deaths and 225,205 infections from the coronavirus, health ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said in a statement on state TV. There have been 186,180 recoveries, she said.
The number of new daily infections and deaths has increased sharply in the last week following the gradual lifting of restrictions that began in mid-April.
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