A volunteers (L) hands out free facemasks to people as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Herat city on February 26, 2020. AFP / HOSHANG HASHIMI
Tehran: Iran's health authorities raised the death toll from the new coronavirus to 19 Wednesday, while the total number of confirmed cases rose to 139.
Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said that the number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Iran has risen to 139, while the number of deaths has reached 19, adding that " there were 44 new confirmed cases of the virus registered over the past 24 hours, including 4 deaths. (QNA)
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