Coronavirus: 50 dead in Iranian city of Qom

By Associated Press in Dubai

Death toll is significantly higher than figures Iranian officials reported hours earlier

A staggering 50 people have died in the Iranian city of Qom from coronavirus this month, Iran’s semiofficial Ilna news agency reported on Monday.

The new death toll is significantly higher than the latest number of confirmed cases of infections that Iranian officials had reported just a few hours earlier by and which stood at 12 deaths out of 47 cases, according to state TV.

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