Coronavirus death toll climbs to 291 in Iran

Coronavirus death toll climbs to 291 in Iran
# 10 March 2020 15:15 (UTC +04:00)

Iran said Tuesday that the new coronavirus killed 54 more people, raising the death toll to 291 amid 8,042 cases in the Islamic Republic, APA's Tehran bureau reports.

Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour made the announcement in a televised news conference.

It represented an 18% increase in deaths from the day before and 12% more confirmed cases.

Iran is the hardest-hit country in the Mideast by the new coronavirus, which sickens but largely doesn’t kill those afflicted.

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