A man wearing a face mask crosses a street in Tehran, Iran, April 24, 2020. Iranian health ministry on Saturday reported 76 new COVID-19 death cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 5,650 in the country, official IRNA news agency reported. (Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua)
TEHRAN, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Iranian health ministry on Saturday reported 76 new COVID-19 death cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 5,650 in the country, official IRNA news agency reported.
Also, 1,134 new infection cases were registered overnight, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 89,328, said Kianush Jahanpur, head of Public Relations and Information Center of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education.
Jahanpur said that a total of 68,193 cases have recovered and left hospitals, with 3,096 still in critical condition and under treatment.
So far, 410,075 lab tests for COVID-19 have been carried out in the country, he added.
The Iranian spokesman said the pace of the growth of death toll continues to slow down, urging people to further observe the regulations for social distancing and avoid unnecessary social interactions.
Iran announced its first cases of COVID-19 on Feb. 19. Enditem
