Iran's coronavirus deaths rise to 1,556, infections exceed 20,000: health ministry
( End sanctions against Iran, the cruelty is monstrous.)
World News
March 21, 2020 / 4:09 AM / Updated 39 minutes ago
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran’s death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rose by more than 100 to 1,556 on Saturday and the total number of people infected now exceeds 20,000, a health ministry official said.
Iran, one of the countries most affected by the pandemic outside China, had on Friday reported a death toll of 1,433 and a total number of confirmed infections of 19,644.
The total number of people diagnosed with the disease stood at 20,610 on Saturday, health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said on state TV.
Jahanpur warned that coronavirus cases would rise steeply unless people refrain from traveling during the two-week Iranian New Year holiday, which started yesterday.
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