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Death toll from coronavirus up in Iran

Iran Materials 17 March 2020 15:38 (UTC +04:00)

BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 17

By Elnur Baghishov - Trend

About 135 people have died of coronavirus (COVID-19) over the past day in Iran, said Kiyanush Jahanpur, spokesman for Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Trend reports on March 17 citing the ministry.

According to Jahanpur, 1,178 people were infected with coronavirus over the past day.

Iran is one of the countries heavily affected by the rapidly-spreading coronavirus. According to recent reports from the Iranian officials, over 16,100 people have been infected, 988 people have already died. Meanwhile, over 5,300 have reportedly recovered from the disease.

The country continues to apply strict measures to contain the further spread. Reportedly, the disease was brought to Iran by a businessman from Iran's Qom city, who went on a business trip to China, despite official warnings. The man died later from the disease.

Following the reports of coronavirus spread in the Islamic Republic, several countries have taken measures, including closing borders and banning flights.

The Islamic Republic only announced its first infections and deaths from the coronavirus on Feb. 19.

Name of the province

Infected people

1

Tehran

4 047

2

Qom

1 052

3

Gilan

903

4

Isfahan

1 376

5

Alborz

830

6

Mazandaran

1 433

7

Maraki

759

8

Qazvin

473

9

Semnan

517

10

Golestan

640

11

Razavi Khorasani

488

12

Fars

336

13

Lorestan

324

14

East Azerbaijan

487

15

Khuzestan

331

16

Yazd

443

17

Zanjan

241

18

Kurdistan

167

19

Ardabil

243

20

Kermanshah

145

21

Kerman

116

22

Hamadan

142

23

Sistan and Baluchestan

82

24

Hormozgan

112

25

South Khorasan

119

26

North Khorasan

100

27

Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari

54

28

Ilam

110

29

West Azerbaijan

258

30

Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad

32

31

Bushehr

42

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