Coronavirus Kills 138 More In Iran, Toll Mounts To 3,036

Infections rise to 47,593; ‘we had 2,987 new cases in the past 24 hours and 15,473 people have recovered,’ says ministry; US has lost opportunity to liftsanctions: Rouhani; floods leave 21 dead

Iran’s death toll from the new coronavirus has reached 3,036, with 138 deaths in the past 24 hours, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur told state TV on Wednesday, adding that the country had 47,593 infected cases.

“We had 2,987 new cases of infected people in the past 24 hours and 15,473 people have recovered from the disease,” Jahanpur said.

Separately, flooding caused by heavy rainfall has left21 people dead and one missing, an emergency services spokesman said on Wednesday.

Mojtaba Khaledi told Iran’s ISNA news agency that 22 people had also been injured, with most of the casualties in southern or central provinces.

He said 11 people had died in Fars province, three each in Hormozgan and Qom, two in Sistan and Baluchistan province, and one each in Bushehr and Khuzestan.

Khaledi said one person was still missing in Hormozgan on the Gulf coast.

Flooding last week killed 12 people, and Khaledi warned of more heavy rain to come.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that, with the advent of the coronavirus, the United States had missed a historic opportunity to lift sanctions on his country, though the penalties had not hampered its fight against the infection.