Iran reports 54 new coronavirus deaths, highest one-day toll

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Iran on Tuesday, March 10, reported 54 new deaths from the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day toll since the start of the country's outbreak.

He added that 881 new cases had been confirmed, bringing the total number of people infected to an official 8,042.

Mazandaran is a popular tourist spot bordering the Caspian Sea, and is particularly popular during holidays for the Iranian New Year, which this year starts on March 20. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei agreed on Tuesday to designate hospital staff who died after contracting the virus as"martyrs," following a suggestion by the health minister, according to the official IRNA news agency.

 

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