[Asia Economy Reporter Son Sunhee] The cumulative number of deaths from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Iran has surpassed 20,000.


According to the Iranian Ministry of Health on the 19th local time, the total number of deaths from COVID-19 has been counted at 20,125. With this, Iran became the 10th country worldwide to exceed 20,000 COVID-19 deaths. It ranks second in Asia and Africa after India.



The average daily number of new confirmed cases in Iran over the past week is 2,369.


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