<span style="color: #222222;">In Iran, the authorities today said that a clear drop recorded in the number of new coronavirus infections as it reported 802 fresh cases, the lowest daily count since March 10.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The new cases brought to 96,448 the number recorded in Iran since it announced its first cases in mid-February.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour has said, new deaths from COVID-19 rose slightly to 65 in the past 24 hours, reaching a total of 6,156.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Meanwhile, Iran's deputy health minister Iraj Harirchi warned that the fall in the number of infections could quickly reverse.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' He also called on the government to increase health sector spending.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />''<br />''Iran has tried to contain the spread of the virus by shutting schools, universities, cinemas and stadiums among other public spaces since March.</span>