NEW DELHI, INDIA - MARCH 18: Doctors check patients for symptoms of coronavirus before they are allowed to enter the main building at Maulana Azad Hospital on March 18, 2020 in New Delhi, India. Covid-19 cases have hit more than 150 in India so far, with 3 people dying from it. (Photo by Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Iran’s health ministry on Tuesday reported 3,712 new coronavirus infections in the previous 24 hours, the highest daily tally recorded since February, pushing the national cumulative total to 429,193.
Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari told state TV that 178 people had died from the disease in the previous 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 24,656 in Iran, one of the worst-hit countries in the Middle East.
