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He added in a statement carried by state television that the total number of infections reached 93,657 in Iran, one of the countries in the Middle East most affected by the virus.
The Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that it had recorded 1112 new infections with the Coronavirus, and the total number of infections had increased to 92584 cases.
The ministry also announced yesterday, in its statement, that 71 new deaths were recorded in the virus, bringing the total number of deaths to 5877. The number of people recovering from the epidemic reached 72,439 people.
Split in color
And the Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, announced on Sunday a new decision that divides the Iranian provinces into three categories: white, yellow, and red, depending on the level of the health crisis.
Rouhani said that shrines and religious sites will be reopened in 127 areas described as "white areas" after the health ministry approves them, either by the end of next week or in the middle of Ramadan (on May 9).
This comes at a time when Hussein Arfani, head of the Infectious Diseases Department of the Iranian Ministry of Health, warned in an interview on Iranian state television that "people should not believe that the epidemic is over and they can roam as they like," adding that "people should stay in Home if they don't have anything important to do outside. "
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