Iran Reports 75 Coronavirus Deaths in 24 Hours, Official Says

Iranian fire fighters and municipality workers disinfect a street in the capital Tehran for corona virus COVID-19 on March 5, 2020. Stringer/AFP via Getty Images

Iran on Thursday said another 75 people died of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 429, according to state-run media outlets.

Kianoush Jahanpour, a spokesman for Iran’s health agency, said that 10,075 people have been infected with the new coronavirus in the country, with 3,276 recoveries overall, according to the state-run IRNA. The 75 deaths represent the highest daily death toll in three weeks since Iran announced its first deaths from the outbreak in February.