Iran’s virus deaths pass 50,000 as lockdown on capital eases
A woman wearing a face mask amid the covid-19 pandemic walks by closed shops in the Iranian capital Tehran
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Before the most recent lockdown, the daily death toll was as high as 486
In November, authorities ordered a month-long nightly business curfew in Tehran and 30 other major cities and towns
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Tehran: Iran s death toll from the global pandemic has risen above 50,000, according to state television, as the country grapples with the worst outbreak in the Middle East.
A two-week partial lockdown in the capital of Tehran and other major cities helped slow, but not stop the rising wave of deaths from the coronavirus over the past few weeks.