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Iran reports 139 new coronavirus deaths, raising total to 2,517

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Iran announced Saturday that 139 more people had died from the novel coronavirus, raising the official death toll to 2,517 in one of the world's worst-affected countries.

Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour told a news conference that 3,076 more cases had been confirmed in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 35,408.

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First Published: Mar 28 2020 | 3:34 PM IST

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