People walk in a mostly empty street in a commercial district in downtown Tehrran, Iran, on Monday (March 23) as Iran imposed a two-week closure on major shopping malls and centers across the country to prevent spreading the new coronavirus. Only pharmacies, supermarkets, groceries and bakeries will remain open. - AP
TEHERAN: Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education on Monday (March 23) announced 127 new deaths caused by the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, raising the official death toll to 1,812 in one of the worst-hit countries.
Kianush Jahanpur, head of Public Relations and Information Center of the ministry, said that 1,411 new cases had been recorded in the past 24 hours and a total of 23,049 people had now been tested positive for the virus.
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