Iran shatters daily COVID-19 records
A national vaccination campaign is still at least several weeks away as Iran records its highest-ever daily coronavirus infections.
Iran broke its record for most COVID-19 cases in a day on Wednesday. The country continues to be hit hard by the novel coronavirus and a nationwide vaccination campaign is still at least several weeks off.
The Iranian Health Ministry registered 20,954 new cases in the past 24 hours, the semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported on Wednesday. There were also 193 deaths among Iran’s population of more than 83 million.
The daily toll is the highest ever since the start of the pandemic. The next highest daily figure was 13,961 on Nov. 26, according to Worldometer.
Iran was one of the first countries to experience an outbreak last year and has continuously struggled to control the pandemic. Cases have been rising steadily since late March.
