Nader Tavakoli, deputy head of Iran's National Coronavirus Combat Taskforce, said there has been an increase of positive COVID-19 cases among people under 25 compared to September of last year. Tavakoli said for those under 20, there has been a 5% increase in positive cases. He said there are numerous reasons for the increase and they are currently studying the issues.
Tavakoli also said that while Iran had been successful in lowering its coronavirus indicators in recent weeks, the downward trend has stopped and an increase in hospitalizations is happening once again. He said some districts in Tehran have seen a doubling of hospitalizations.
