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Iran keeps setting new maxima for Covid infections
[Yahoo] TEHRAN, Iran; Iran recorded over 34,900 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, setting the nation's single-day record for cases as vaccinations lag, public complacency deepens and the country's outbreak spirals further out of control.The previous record of 31,814 infections had been set only a day earlier, providing a sense of how quickly Iran's latest surge, fueled by the contagious delta variant, is mounting. Health authorities recorded 357 COVID-19 fatalities on Tuesday, bringing the total death toll to 89k+; the highest in the Middle East. Up again today 7-24 to 34,951 new infections-- probably an underestime Posted by: Lord Garth 2021-07-29 |
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