Iran shattered its single-day record for new deaths and infections from the coronavirus, with 272 people confirmed dead among more than 4,200 new cases on Monday.
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Sunday saw the country’s highest single-day death toll from the coronavirus with 251 confirmed dead, making the death toll 28,544 and making Iran the hardest-hit country in the region.