Tehran: The total number of coronavirus cases in Iran has risen to more than 62,000 and the death toll is nearing 4,000, according to health ministry data announced yesterday, but a senior official suggested the true number of infections might be far higher.
Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur told state television that a further 133 people had died from the virus overnight, bringing Iran’s death toll to 3,872.
Nearly 4,000 infected people are in a critical condition, he added.
The total number of coronavirus cases has reached 62,589, with 2,089 new infections, Jahanpur said.
However, a member of Iran’s National Coronavirus Combat Taskforce, Hamid Souri has put the number of cases at “around 500,000”, the state news agency IRNA reported.