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Iran’s Deaths From Coronavirus Pandemic Hit New Daily Record
Iran reported its highest daily number of deaths from the coronavirus, with 239 fatalities in the last 24 hours.
07 Oct 2020, 08:43 PM IST 
Medical workers wearing full personal protective equipment (PPE) tend to a Covid-19 patient beside a monitoring machine in a temporary coronavirus hospital at Iran Mall in Tehran, Iran. (Photographer: Ali Mohammadi/Bloomberg)
(Bloomberg) -- Iran reported its highest daily number of deaths from the coronavirus, with 239 fatalities in the last 24 hours, the country’s Health Ministry said Wednesday.
The figure comes a day after new cases of Covid-19 hit a record for the third time this week. On Wednesday, a further 4,019 infections were reported bringing the total to 483,844, Sima Sadat Lari, Health Ministry spokeswoman, said in a statement on state TV. Total deaths stand at 27,658.
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