
On Thursday, Iran reported 8,293 new COVID-19 infections and 399 additional fatalities, all of which occurred over the past 24 hours.
In total, Iran has reported 596,941 COVID-19 cases and 34,113 coronavirus related deaths.
The United States is currently leading global COVID-19 cases with over 9 million infections and 233,137 fatalities, although India follows closely behind with 8 million cases and 120,583 deaths. As for the third-highest case toll and death toll, Brazil follows with 5.4 million cases and 158,468 deaths, Russia with 1.5 million cases and 27,301 deaths, and France with 1.2 million cases and 35,785 coronavirus related deaths.
The novel coronavirus was first discovered in Wuhan, Hubei, China, on Dec. 31, 2019, and has infected more than 44 million individuals worldwide, resulting in over 1.3 million fatalities across 216 countries and territories.