Iran confirms another death from coronavirus infection

People wear face masks as they walk outside of the Rafik Hariri University Hospital where a woman is treated for coronavirus, the first case in Beirut, Lebanon, on Feb 21, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

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Feb 23, 2020, 05:37 PM

DUBAI (REUTERS) - Iran said on Sunday (Feb 23) an Iranian infected by the new coronavirus died in the country, head of the Medical Science University in the Mazandaran province was quoted as saying, bringing the number of deaths to seven in the Islamic republic.

"An Iranian who travelled from Teheran to Tonekabon has died of the new coronavirus," Mr Abbas Mousavi said, Iranian media reported.

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