Iranian Health Ministry Confirms 13 More Novel Coronavirus Cases
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published February 21, 2020 | 05:29 PM
Thirteen more people were infected with the novel coronavirus, officially dubbed COVID-19, across Iran, including the capital of Tehran, head of the country's Health Ministry Information Public Relations Kianush Jahanpur said on Friday, adding that the death toll from the virus had reached four
TEHRAN (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 21st February, 2020) Thirteen more people were infected with the novel coronavirus, officially dubbed COVID-19, across Iran, including the capital of Tehran, head of the country's Health Ministry Information Public Relations Kianush Jahanpur said on Friday, adding that the death toll from the virus had reached four.
"According to the recent results, 13 new [coronavirus] cases were detected," Jahanpur said in a statement.
Seven of the cases were in the city of Qom, where the first coronavirus case in the country was detected, four in Tehran, and two more in the Gilan province, he added.
Most of those infected are either Qom residents or have been to the city in recent days or weeks.
The announcement brings the total number of COVID-19 patients to 18, four of whom have died.
COVID-19 was first detected in China's Wuhan in late December and has since spread to more than 25 countries. According to China's health authorities, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in mainland China has crossed 74,000, and over 2,100 patients have died.
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