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Iran coronavirus death  toll rises by 76 to 5,650

April 25, 2020
A woman wearing a protective face mask and gloves walks past a building housing the grave of Imamzadeh Saleh in Tehran. -- File photo
A woman wearing a protective face mask and gloves walks past a building housing the grave of Imamzadeh Saleh in Tehran. -- File photo



By Yaghoub Fazeli

DUBAI -- Iran’s coronavirus death toll rose by 76 in the past 24 hours to 5,650, health ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpour said on Saturday.

The total number of infections reached 89,328, he said.

“So far, 410,075 coronavirus tests have been taken in the country,” Jahanpour said, adding that the death rate from the virus is slowing down.

Iranian officials have been giving conflicting statements about the rate of infections in the country.

Deaths from coronavirus in Iran have dropped by 70 percent since the peak of the disease, and hospitalizations due to the virus have dropped by half, Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi said on Saturday. -- Al Arabiya English


April 25, 2020
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