The number of coronavirus deaths in Iran has increased drastically in the last few weeks, causing officials to enact new restrictions on traffic and stores.
In the last weeks of October, Iran saw average daily deaths to the virus in the 300s. But in each of the last five days, coronavirus deaths have reached over 400, with a high of 440. There were nearly 9,000 new cases in Iran in the last 24 hours with nearly 3,000 hospitalizations. The total number of infected has exceeded 650,000. With 406 confirmed coronavirus deaths, the total is now nearly 37,000 with essentially over 1,000 more every three days.