Windows of residential buildings are lit at nighttime as people stay at home during the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak lockdown in the Iranian capital Tehran on Tuesday (April 7). The total number of Covid-19 cases in Iran has risen to more than 62,000 and the death toll is nearing 4,000. - AFP
DUBAI/TEHERAN: The total number of Covid-19 (coronavirus) cases in Iran has risen to more than 62,000 and the death toll is nearing 4,000, according to health ministry data announced on Tuesday (April 7), but a senior official suggested the true number of infections might be far higher.
Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur told state television that a further 133 people had died from the virus overnight, bringing Iran's death toll to 3,872. Nearly 4,000 infected people are in a critical condition, he added.
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