Roundup: Iran's total COVID-19 cases reach 413,149; Kuwait to open 3rd drive-thru testing station


  • World
  • Friday, 18 Sep 2020

CAIRO, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Iran's tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 413,149 after 2,815 new infections were confirmed on Thursday. Meanwhile, Kuwait said it will open a new drive-through testing station to expand its COVID-19 testing capacity.

The pandemic in Iran, the hardest-hit country in the Middle East, has so far claimed 23,808 lives, up by 176 in the past 24 hours. The total number of recoveries climbed to 353,848, while 3,848 patients remain in the intensive care units.

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