TEHRAN - Iran’s president has said the country is “on the verge of curbing” its coronavirus outbreak, despite recording more than 2,000 new cases for the third consecutive day.
A further 64 deaths and 2,346 infections were confirmed on Wednesday, the country’s health ministry said.
In total, the country has reported 7,183 deaths and 126,949 cases since the outbreak began in February, but foreign experts believe the true figures could be higher.
New cases have been on the rise since the beginning of May, a trend the health ministry has attributed to a ramped-up testing regime.
But on Wednesday, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani told a cabinet meeting that the country had been “progressing at every step in the past three months”.
He said the country was “on the verge of curbing this disease” even if some provinces were in an “unfavourable situation”.(FA)