Iran breaks another record for daily virus cases
Iran's daily COVID-19 cases are at a similar level to the previous high points in April. The vaccine is still not available for most of the population, and the capital is under lockdown.
Iran has once again broken its record for confirmed COVID-19 cases in 24 hours on Tuesday. The coronavirus continues to spread rapidly in the country amid a lockdown and limited vaccine progress.
The Iranian Health Ministry registered 27,244 new virus cases on Tuesday, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported, a new daily record, according to The Associated Press.
Iran’s COVID-19 cases are at a similar level to the previous historic highs in April. The country of more than 80 million is currently registering around 22,000 new infections a day. Daily deaths have been rising since June and average 200 a day, lower than the all-time high of more than 400 a day in November, according to Reuters.
The capital Tehran and the adjacent Alborz province went into a six-day lockdown on Tuesday in an attempt to mitigate the virus’ spread.
