An outbreak of novel coronavirus has affected almost all of Iran’s provinces, President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday. His statement was published on the official presidency website.
“This disease is a widespread disease,” he said. “It has reached almost all our provinces and in one sense it’s a global disease.”
Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raisi was quoted on Tuesday as saying that 2,336 cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed in Iran.
On Wednesday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said that 92 people have died in Iran from the novel coronavirus, while 2,922 have been infected.