CAIRO, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- As the COVID-19 continued to spread in the Middle East on Tuesday, Iran saw its total cases approaching 315,000. Meanwhile, Turkey's daily hike in coronavirus infections exceeded 1,000 for the first time in three weeks.
Iran, the hardest-hit country in the region, recorded 2,751 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections to 314,786, said Sima Sadat Lari, spokeswoman for the Iranian health ministry.
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