[Breaking] "2,000 Infections in One Day"... Has Iran Entered the Second Wave of COVID-19?
[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Ga-yeon] The trend of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in Iran, which had been calming down earlier this month, has recently rebounded.
According to statistics from the Iranian Ministry of Health on the 19th (local time), the daily new confirmed cases on the 19th were 2,111, which was lower than the previous day but exceeded 2,000 for two consecutive days. As of the 19th, the cumulative confirmed cases in Iran increased to 124,603.
The daily new confirmed cases in Iran, which exceeded 3,000 at the end of March, dropped to 802 on the 2nd of this month, but then turned upward, surpassing 2,000 again on the 15th for the first time in five weeks, and increased to 2,294 on the 18th.
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In particular, concerns have grown that a "second wave" may have begun, as daily new confirmed cases started rising again two weeks after the Iranian government eased interregional travel and business restrictions.
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