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Iran announces 97 new deaths in Corona, bringing the death toll to 611

The Iranian Ministry of Health announced on Saturday 97 new deaths due to the new epidemic of Corona, which raises the official death toll to 611 in Iran, one of the countries most affected by the disease in the world.

"There have been 1,365 new infections recorded in the last 24 hours," bringing the number of injured in Iran to 12,729, said Health Ministry spokesman Kyanosh Jahanpur at a televised press conference.