Official: Coronavirus claims one life in every 12 minutes in Iran


People walking in a mostly empty street in a commercial district in downtown Teheran. Iran's Health Ministry said on Tuesday (March 24) that one Iranian is killed by the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak in every 12 minutes, official IRNA news agency reported. - AP

TEHERAN: Iran's Health Ministry said on Tuesday (March 24) that one Iranian is killed by the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak in every 12 minutes, official IRNA news agency reported.

Over the past days, the Covid-19 infection has seen an upward trend in the capital Tehran and some other Iranian provinces, according to Kianush Jahanpur, head of Public Relations and Information Center of Ministry of Health and Medical Education.

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