Iran Reports Record Number of Daily Coronavirus Cases

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Daily coronavirus infections hit a record high in Iran, with 3,712 new cases reported in the past 24 hours, the country’s Health Ministry said.

Officials have been struggling to contain the Middle East’s worst outbreak of the disease as they also try to parry the pathogen’s impact on an economy already hobbled by a tough U.S. sanctions regime.