CAIRO, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- Iran's health ministry reported 253 news COVID-19 death cases on Saturday, bringing the total fatalities over the epidemic in the country to 30,123. Meanwhile, Iraq's tally of confirmed cases reached 423,524, after 3,221 new cases were reported.
Sima Sadat Lari, spokeswoman for the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, said that over the past 24 hours, 4,103 new patients were diagnosed, raising the total confirmed number in the country to 526,490.
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