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Iran reports 123 new coronavirus deaths, raising total to 1,556: Health official
People wear protective face masks, following the outbreak of coronavirus, as they sit in a metro in Tehran, Iran March 17, 2020. (WANA via Reuters)

Iran's death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rose on Saturday by more than 100 to 1,556, and the total number of people infected now exceeds 20,000, a health ministry official said.


On Friday, Iran's death toll stood at 1,433 and the total number of confirmed infections was 19,644.


source: Reuters