Wikipedia's "Recent Deaths" page now has 10 instances of COVID-19 now since 3/1

[Dennis Donovan]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2020

12
Giovanni Battista Rabino, 88, Italian politician, MP (1983–1994), COVID-19.[2]

10
Marcelo Peralta, 59, Argentine saxophonist, COVID-19.[23]
Roberto Stella, 67, Italian physician, COVID-19.[26]

9
Italo De Zan, 94, Italian racing cyclist, COVID-19.[32]
Lee Cha-su [ko], 62, South Korean politician and activist, COVID-19.[37]
Mohammad-Reza Rahchamani, 67, Iranian physician and politician, MP (1984–2000), COVID-19.[40]

7
Fatemeh Rahbar, 56, Iranian politician, MP (2004–2016), COVID-19.[68]

5
Hossein Sheikholeslam, 67, Iranian politician, MP (2004–2008) and Ambassador to Syria (1998–2003), COVID-19.[112]

3
Mohammad Haj Abolghasemi, 71, Iranian military commander (Basij), COVID-19.[135]

2
Mohammad Mirmohammadi, 70, Iranian politician, member of the Expediency Discernment Council (since 2012), COVID-19.[169]

Up from 7 yesterday: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213072207

[dewsgirl]

1. I swear I read about a 19 year old soccer player from Iran

the other day.

[Dennis Donovan]

2. They're digging mass graves in Iran:

Link to tweet

The Guardian ✔@guardian

Satellite images show Iran has built mass graves amid coronavirus outbreak

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/12/coronavirus-iran-mass-graves-qom
Satellite images show Iran has built mass graves amid coronavirus outbreak
Trenches in city of Qom confirm worst fears about extent of the epidemic and the government’s subsequent cover-up

6:13 PM - Mar 12, 2020

We never even lifted sanctions on them during this, except some medical supplies.

[dewsgirl]

4. It's all so very fucking horrifying.😭

[Dennis Donovan]

6. Have you seen the video of the man from Italy

...waiting with his dead sister for 36 hrs before someone came and retrieved her body? I won't post it. It's just too much to bear.

[HarlanPepper]

3. I've been wondering if that's what got Max Von Sydow

No COD was disclosed and he was 90 but it made me wonder.

[Dennis Donovan]

5. There were several Italians in the list that didn't have the COVID cause of death

...I wondered about them.