Irans security forces have been ordered to empty the streets of its cities in the next 24 hours in a drive to fight the spread of the new coronavirus, state news agency IRNA reported on Friday. A newly-formed commission will be charged with overseeing the "emptying of shops, streets, and roads" as part of a nationwide decision to be implemented within the next 24 hours, Major General Mohammad Bagheri said on Friday in televised remarks. Iran announced on Friday that the new coronavirus has claimed another 85 lives, the highest single-day death toll in one of the worlds worst-affected countries. "Sadly, 85 people infected with the COVID-19 disease have died in the past 24 hours", bringing to 514 the overall number of deaths in Iran, health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said in a televised news conference. "Across the country, at least 1,289 infected people have been added to the list of confirmed patients," said Jahanpour. "The total number of patients has therefore reached 11,364 cases," he said, adding Tehran province had the newest infections. The outbreak in Iran is one of the deadliest outside China, where the disease originated. Several politicians and officials both sitting and former, have been infected, with some dying from the illness. The latest suspected case of infection was Ali Akbar Velayati, who advises Irans supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on foreign policy. Velayati fell ill with "mild symptoms" on Wednesday and has been placed in quarantine, according to Tasnim news agency.