Iran sees highest daily virus case, death counts in pandemic


PTI, Aug 8, 2021, 5:25 PM IST

Tehran: Iran, grappling with its most severe surge of the coronavirus to date, reported more new infections and deaths across the country on Sunday than any other single day since the pandemic began.

Health authorities logged over 39,600 new cases and 542 deaths from the virus. The fatality count shatters the previous record set during Iran”s deadliest coronavirus surge that gripped the country last November, signalling the current wave will likely only get worse. The new all-time highs push Iran”s total number of infections over 4.1 million and death toll over 94,000 — the highest in the Middle East.

The crush of new cases, fuelled by the fast-spreading delta variant, have overwhelmed hospitals with patients too numerous to handle. The country has never seen so many COVID-19 patients in critical condition, with 6,462 more severe cases reported Sunday.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on all state matters, last week ordered officials to discuss the possibility of a total national shutdown. The government has been loath to enforce such a lockdown, fearing the damage it would do to an economy reeling from years of American sanctions.

Iran”s sputtering vaccination campaign hasn”t helped matters. Only 3.3% of the total population of some 80 million has been fully vaccinated, according to data compiled from government sources by the Our World in Data project at the University of Oxford.

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