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Monday, March 16, 2020
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Monday, March 16, 2020
Iran reports 129 new virus deaths, a single day record for country
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleTEHRAN, Iran — Iran says today that the novel coronavirus has killed 129 more people, a new record high for a single day in one of the world’s worst-hit countries.
“Our plea is that everyone take this virus seriously and in no way attempt to travel to any province,” health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour says in a televised news conference.
The latest deaths bring the overall toll to 853 fatalities since February 19, when the government announced Iran’s first two deaths from the COVID-19 disease.
Jahanpour also reports 1,053 confirmed new cases of infection in the past 24 hours, raising the total to 14,991.
— AFP
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