The head of Iran’s coronavirus task force revealed Tuesday he tested positive for the illness — just one day after insisting that reports of the outbreak in the country were overblown.

Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi announced on Twitter that he had come down with the virus after appearing sick at a Tehran press conference about the health threat.

“I wanted to tell you that I got corona,” Harirchi said in a Twitter video, according to the Guardian.

Harirchi said he isolated himself in his home after coming down with a fever and has since tested positive for the virus.

“Generally, I feel fine,” he said. “I just felt a bit tired, I had a fever, and it will drop.”

The senior health official’s diagnosis comes after he looked sweaty and unwell Monday as he railed against a member of parliament’s claim that 50 people had died from the virus in the city of Qom.

“I categorically deny this information,” Harichi said, insisting the death toll was far lower at 12.

In footage from the event, he could be seen wiping sweat from his forehead as he stood next to a government spokesman.

Iran has since reported that 15 people have died amid 95 confirmed infections.

With Post wires