Published on March 1, 2020
In Iran, the health ministry today reported 11 new deaths from the novel coronavirus and 385 new cases of infections, bringing the overall number of lives lost to 54 and cases to 978.
Ministry’s spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour told a televised news conference that eleven people lost their lives in the past 24 hours, adding that testing across the country showed there were 385 new cases.