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Iran's coronavirus death toll rises to 3,036: health ministry official

Reuters | Posted: April 1, 2020, 9:47 a.m. | Updated: April 1, 2020, 8:42 a.m. | 1 Min Read

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DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's death toll from the new coronavirus has reached 3,036, with 138 deaths in the past 24 hours, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur told state TV on Wednesday, adding that the country had 47,593 infected cases.

"We had 2,987 new cases of infected people in the past 24 hours and 15,473 people have recovered from the disease," Jahanpur said.

(Writing by Parisa Hafezi; Editing by Alex Richardson)

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