Iran reports 85 more deaths from coronavirus, highest single-day toll

On March 13, Iran anunced 85 new coronavirus deaths. This is highest single-day death toll for one of worst coronavirus affected countries in world. latest deaths take overall toll in Iran to 514. Iran has reported 11,364 cases, out of which 3,529 have alrey recovered.

Health ministry spokesman Kiaush Jahanpour during a televised news conference anunced deaths. As per reports, he also ded that 1,289 were ded to list of confirmed patients. coronavirus outbreak in Iran is one of deliest in world outside of mainland China.

Several politicians and officials, both sitting and former have been infected. Some have even died of illness. According to reports, latest suspected case of infection was Ali Akbar Velayati, who vised Iran's supreme leer Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on foreign policy. Velayati fell ill with what was termed as a mild illness and has thus been placed under quarantine.

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Iran's senior officials affected

With coronavirus hitting high-ranking levels of Iranian government, it was reported that Iran's senior vice president and two or cabinet members contracted  virus. Iran's Minister of Culture Herit, handicrafts and tourism and Minister of industry, mines, and business were among senior officials who exuded symptoms. Iran said on Thursday that it h asked for an emergency $5 billion loan from International Monetary Fund to help fight spre of a new virus that's swept across country, infecting more than 10,000 people and killing hundreds.

gravity of situation in Iran came to light after it was reported on Saturday that coronavirus burial pits in country are apparently so vast that y were visible from . At Behesht-e Masoumeh complex in Qom, situated about 130km south of Tehran, excavation of a new section of graveyard started as early as February 21, and it rapidly expanded as virus spre. By end of month, two vast trenches measuring about 100m in length were visible at site from .

(With ncy inputs) 

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