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Iran: New coronavirus kills 54, death toll climbs to 291

Iran is the hardest-hit country in the Middle East by the new coronavirus. (AP)
Iran is the hardest-hit country in the Middle East by the new coronavirus. (AP)
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10 Mar 2020 03:03:43 GMT9
10 Mar 2020 03:03:43 GMT9
  • Represents an 18 percent increase in deaths from the day before

TEHRAN: Iran says the new coronavirus has killed 54 more people, raising the death toll to 291 amid 8,042 cases in the Islamic Republic.

That’s according to Kianoush Jahanpour, a Health Ministry spokesman, who spoke in a live, televised news conference on Tuesday.

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

Iran is the hardest-hit country in the Mideast by the new coronavirus, which sickens but largely does not kill those afflicted. Across the region, there are over 8,600 confirmed cases of the virus.

AP

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