Iran's virus death toll rises to 4585

Iran's death toll from the coronavirus has risen to 4585, with 111 deaths overnight, a health ministry official has tweeted, adding the total number of infected cases had reached 73,303 in the most-affected Middle Eastern country.

"Fortunately 45,983 of those infected with the virus have recovered ... There were 1617 new infected cases in the past 24 hours," tweeted Alireza Vahabzadeh, an adviser to Iran's health minister.

Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur told state TV that 3877 of those infected with the new coronavirus were in critical condition.