NEW CASES. In this file photo, officials check medical equipment and coronavirus testing kits provided bt the World Health Organisation at the al-Maktum International airport in Dubai on March 2, 2020 as tonnes of aid is prepared to be delivered to Iran with a United Arab Emirates military transport plane. File photo by Karim Sahib/AFPon Monday, March 9 reported 43 new deaths from the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall toll to 237 dead.
"Our colleagues have confirmed 595 new cases across the country," Kianoush Jahanpour, the health ministry's spokesman said in a televised conference.Jahanpour said the rate of new infections was dropping"but it is still too early to judge" when the outbreak could be brought under control. "Forty-three people have unfortunately been added to the number of those who have died of the disease, so to date we have 237 dead."With 1,945 cases, the capital Tehran remains the province with the most cases, according to the official.
The second worst-hit province with 712 confirmed cases is Qom, the Shiite pilgrimage city south of Tehran where the Islamic republic's first cases were reported. –
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