<p>Iran on Tuesday reported 54 deaths from the novel <a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank">coronavirus</a> in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day toll since the start of the outbreak in the country.</p>.<p>The new deaths bring the number of those killed by the virus in the Islamic republic to 291, the health ministry's spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said in a televised conference.</p>.<p>He added that 881 new cases had been confirmed, bringing the total infection tally to 8,042</p>
<p>Iran on Tuesday reported 54 deaths from the novel <a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank">coronavirus</a> in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day toll since the start of the outbreak in the country.</p>.<p>The new deaths bring the number of those killed by the virus in the Islamic republic to 291, the health ministry's spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said in a televised conference.</p>.<p>He added that 881 new cases had been confirmed, bringing the total infection tally to 8,042</p>