Iran's coronavirus death toll mounts to 237
Tehran/UNI: The death toll from the deadly coronavirus in Iran rose to 238 on Monday while the number of confirmed cases has exceeded 7,000.
"Over the past 24 hours, 43 people infected with the coronavirus have died, the overall number of fatalities is 237," Vahabzadeh, a media adviser to the health minister, said in a tweet.
According to his post, 595 new cases have been detected in the country over the past 24 hours, bringing the overall number of infected people in the country to 7,161. "So far, 2,394 people have recovered," he added.
The past week saw Iran become one of the world's most affected countries amid the deadly coronavirus spread.
The country's capital Tehran remains the outbreak's epicentre, albeit pretty much all Iranian provinces have been affected.
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