Iran's COVID-19 death toll rises to 5,297

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TEHRAN, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Iranian health ministry on Tuesday reported 88 new COVID-19 death cases in the past 24 hours to a total of 5,297 deaths in the country, official IRNA news agency reported.

Also, 1,297 new infection cases were registered overnight, bringing the total number to 84,802 in the country, said Kianush Jahanpur, head of Public Relations and Information Center of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education.

Jahanpur said that a total of 60,965 have recovered and left hospitals, with 3,357 still in critical condition and under treatment.

So far, 365,723 lab tests for COVID-19 have been carried out in the country, he added.

Iran announced its first cases of COVID-19 on Feb. 19, and it records one of the highest number of confirmed cases and death toll in the Middle East region. Enditem

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