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Iran virus death toll surges past 6,000: ministry

Above, an Iranian passenger waits by a taxi at Aryashahr station, a transport hub in west Tehran on April 26, 2020. (AFP)

Updated 30 April 2020

AFP

April 30, 2020 10:12

Iran virus death toll surges past 6,000: ministry

A total of 6,028 of those infected with coronavirus have passed away to date

Updated 30 April 2020

AFP

April 30, 2020 10:12

TEHRAN: Iran’s health ministry said on Thursday that 71 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus took the country’s overall death toll past the 6,000 mark.
“The number of deaths from this disease effectively crossed 6,000 today,” ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said in televised remarks.
“Considering that we lost 71 of our countrymen in the past 24 hours, a total of 6,028 of those infected with COVID-19 have passed away to date,” he added.