YEREVAN, APRIL 8, ARMENPRESS. 1,997 more people have been infected with the novel coronavirus in Iran according to the latest data as of April 8, the Armenian Embassy in Iran said.

The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country has reached 64,586.

The number of people who died rose by 121, and the death toll is 3,993.

Meanwhile, the number of recovered people increased by 2,773. So far, 29,812 patients have recovered from coronavirus in Iran.

In late December 2019, Chinese authorities notified the World Health Organization (WHO) about an outbreak of a previously unknown pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, central China. WHO declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus a global pandemic and named the virus COVID-19. Cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in more than 200 countries.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan