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Iran registers 13,421 new coronavirus cases, taking total past 800,000 -TV

Reuters MIDDLE EAST
Published November 18,2020
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Iranian People wearing protective masks as they walk at a store, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Tehran, Iran November 11, 2020. Picture taken November 11, 2020. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency)

Iran registered 13,421 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, a new daily record, the health ministry said on Wednesday, bringing the country's overall tally to 801,894.

Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari told state TV that the death toll had risen by 480 to 42,941 in the Middle East's worst-affected country.