TEHRAN — Within the 13-day Noruz holidays (March 20-April 1), 1,331 multiple births, including 628 twins and 25 triplets were reported nationwide, an official with the Civil Registration Organization said.

The most multiple births happened in Tehran with 217 infants, including 107 twins and one triplet, Fars News Agency quoted Ali-Akbar Mahzoon as saying.

He went on to say that, 40,945 births were registered during the same period.

Tehran, Khorasan Razavi, and Khuzestan provinces with 5,074, 4,092, and 3,129 births held the first three places over other provinces in Iran respectively, he added.

The official also noted that 10,470 deaths occurred over the same period and provinces of Tehran with 1,688 and Khorasan Razavi with 900 deaths had the highest death rates in this period in the country.

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