129 new deaths raise Iran virus toll to 1,685


A health inspector checking a temporary emergency hospital in a section of the world's largest shopping mall complex called Iran Mall to treat Covid-19 patients in Tehran, Iran, yesterday. – EPA pic, March 22, 2020.

IRAN today announced 129 new deaths caused by the novel coronavirus, raising to 1,685 the official death toll in one of the worst-hit countries along with Italy and China. 

Health Ministry spokesman Kianouche Jahanpour said more than 1,028 new cases had been recorded in the past 24 hours and a total of 21,638 people had now tested positive for the virus. – AFP, March 22, 2020.


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