FILE - In this June 25, 2021 record photo, released by the authoritative website of the Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei receives a changeable of the Coviran Barekat COVID-19 vaccine successful Tehran, Iran. On Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, Iran reported much caller infections and deaths crossed the state than connected immoderate different azygous time since the pandemic began. Khamenei, who has the last accidental connected each authorities matters, past week ordered officials to sermon the anticipation of a full nationalist shutdown thing the authorities has been loath to enforce, fearing the harm it would bash to an system reeling from years of American sanctions. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

FILE - In this June 25, 2021 record photo, released by the authoritative website of the Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei receives a changeable of the Coviran Barekat COVID-19 vaccine successful Tehran, Iran. On Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, Iran reported much caller infections and deaths crossed the state than connected immoderate different azygous time since the pandemic began. Khamenei, who has the last accidental connected each authorities matters, past week ordered officials to sermon the anticipation of a full nationalist shutdown thing the authorities has been loath to enforce, fearing the harm it would bash to an system reeling from years of American sanctions. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

TEHRAN – Iran, grappling with its astir terrible surge of the coronavirus to date, reported much caller infections and deaths crossed the state connected Sunday than immoderate different azygous time since the pandemic began.

Health authorities logged implicit 39,600 caller cases and 542 deaths from the virus. The fatality number shatters the erstwhile grounds acceptable during Iran's deadliest coronavirus surge that gripped the state past November, signaling the existent question volition apt lone get worse. The caller all-time highs propulsion Iran's full fig of infections implicit 4.1 cardinal and decease toll implicit 94,000 — the highest successful the Middle East.

The crush of caller cases, fueled by the fast-spreading delta variant, person overwhelmed hospitals with patients excessively galore to handle. The state has ne'er seen truthful galore COVID-19 patients successful captious condition, with 6,462 much terrible cases reported Sunday.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the last accidental connected each authorities matters, past week ordered officials to sermon the anticipation of a full nationalist shutdown. The authorities has been loath to enforce specified a lockdown, fearing the harm it would bash to an system reeling from years of American sanctions.

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Iran's sputtering vaccination run hasn't helped matters. Only 3.3% of the full colonisation of immoderate 80 cardinal has been afloat vaccinated, according to information compiled from authorities sources by the Our World successful Data task astatine the University of Oxford.

In the look of U.S. sanctions that complicate banking transactions and deep-rooted suspicion of the West, Iran has vigorously promoted the section accumulation of coronavirus vaccines, doling retired the experimental COVIran Barekat vaccine to astir healthcare workers. Iran’s authorities announced that its home vaccine provides 85% extortion from the coronavirus, without disclosing information oregon details.

The country's newly inaugurated hard-line president, Ebrahim Raisi, publically received his archetypal dose of the COVIran Barekat changeable connected Sunday. He urged nationalist wellness officials to velocity up vaccinations earlier wintertime upwind sets in, state-run media reported.

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