Roundup: Iran's COVID-19 cases surge to 866,821 as Iraq's death toll nears 12,000


By Liu Xi
  • World
  • Tuesday, 24 Nov 2020

CAIRO, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Iran's COVID-19 cases rose to 866,821 on Monday with an addition of 12,460 new infections. Meanwhile, the total deaths from the coronavirus in Iraq approached 12,000.

The pandemic has claimed 45,255 lives in Iran, the hardest-hit country in the Middle East region, after an overnight registration of 453 more deaths.

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