Iran confirms total of 26 coronavirus deaths

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The coronavirus epidemic in Iran has cost 26 lives, the health ministry announced Thursday, with seven new deaths reported over 24 hours as the spread appeared to accelerate.

Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour also told a press briefing that 106 more cases of the disease had been confirmed, raising the tally of infections to 245, the highest outside China where COVID-19 originated.

Among the latest sufferers of the new coronavirus is Mojtaba Zolnour, head of parliament’s national security and foreign affairs committee, who appeared in a video posted by Fars news agency saying he was in self-quarantine. On Wednesday, Iranian authorities announced domestic travel restrictions for people with confirmed or suspected infections.

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