Iran's death toll from coronavirus climbs to 1812 with 127 new deaths

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Iran’s death toll from the new coronavirus has increased to 1,812 with 127 new deaths in the past 24 hours, a health ministry spokesman told state TV, adding that the country’s total number of infected people has reached 23,049.

According to Reuters, Kianush Jahanpur said that in the past 24 hours, some 1,411 Iranians had been infected with the virus across the Islamic Republic, which has the worst outbreak in the Middle East.

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