Iran shatters daily COVID-19 records

Al-Monitor Staff

Apr 7, 2021

Iranians wearing face masks walk in a street in the capital Tehran, on March 29, 2021, as rising COVID-19 infections fueling fears of a fourth wave of the pandemic prompted a closure of cinemas. — Iranians wearing face masks walk in a street in the capital Tehran, on March 29, 2021, as rising COVID-19 infections fueled fears of a fourth wave of the pandemic. — AFP via Getty Images

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.