CAIRO, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Iran announced on Sunday an overnight registration of 3,653 new COVID-19 infections, taking the tally of infections to 471,772. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia resumed the Umrah pilgrimage in Mecca amid strict anti-coronavirus precautions after a hiatus of more than six months.
Sima Sadat Lari, spokeswoman for Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education, said at her daily briefing that 1,483 new patients had to be hospitalized in the past 24 hours. From Saturday to Sunday, 211 deaths of people infected with the novel coronavirus were registered, taking the death toll to 26,957.
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