Iran says coronavirus toll jumps by 17 with 1,000-plus new infections

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Published : 17:30, Mar 06, 2020 | Updated : 17:32, Mar 06, 2020

Iraqi medical staff check passengers` temperature, amid coronavirus outbreak, upon their arrival from Iran, at Najaf airport, Iraq Mar 5, 2020. REUTERSIran's death toll from coronavirus infections jumped on Friday to 124, as 17 died over the past 24 hours and more than 1,000 were additionally diagnosed with the disease, a health ministry spokesman said in Tehran.

The number of infections rose to 4,747, he said.

Iran had reported 3,513 infections on Thursday.

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