Iran reports its highest
one-day Covid-19 death toll, topping record set earlier in week
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Iranians wearing protective
masks walk along a street in the capital Tehran on July 1, 2020. © Atta Kenare,
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Iranian health authorities on
Sunday announced 163 new deaths due to the COVID-19 disease, the country's
highest official one-day toll since the outbreak began in February.
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The previous record of 162
deaths was announced on Monday in the Islamic republic, which has been battling
the Middle East's deadliest outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
The new deaths bring the total
toll in Iran to 11,571, health ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on
state television.
"In the past 24 hours,
2,560 people have tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of
infections to 240,438," Lari added.
Official figures have shown a
rising trajectory in fatalities and new confirmed cases since Iran reported a
near-two month low in daily recorded infections in early May.
The increase has prompted the government
to make the wearing of masks mandatory in enclosed public spaces, with some
officials and state television anchors wearing masks on camera as part of a
campaign to encourage their use.
Authorities have repeatedly
urged the public to respect hygiene rules aimed at reining in the outbreak.
But footage on state television
showed people still travelling without face coverings on public transport,
where masks have been obligatory for more than two months.
Nine provinces at highest risk
The Islamic republic has not
imposed a full-scale lockdown but has introduced restrictions, including on
religious and commercial sites.
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But with its US
sanctions-strapped economy in crisis, the country had progressively lifted
measures from April, as infection numbers had declined.
Official figures show that the
virus has rebounded since then.
Lari said almost a third of
Iran's 31 provinces were classed "red", the highest category in the
country's virus risk ranking.
Authorities say infections in
the nine provinces, all on Iran's borders, have yet to peak.
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