TEHRAN: Iran announced on Tuesday another 135 deaths from the Covid-19 coronavirus, bringing the overall toll to 988 in one of the world’s worst-hit countries.
“Reports by more than 56 laboratories indicated that we have had 1,178 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 infection in the past 24 hours,” health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said in a televised news conference.
“This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 16,169 as of today noon,” he added. - AFP