DUBAI - Iran has registered a record high 4,392 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 488,236, the Health Ministry reported on Thursday.

Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari told state TV that there were 230 new deaths, with the total rising to 27,888 in the worst-hit country in the Middle East.

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