Iran coronavirus death toll rises by hundred people

The death toll from coronavirus infections in Iran rose on Saturday (Mar 14) to 611, as it claimed 97 more lives, CNN reports.

Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said that "1,365 fresh cases have been added to the number of confirmed infections in the past 24 hours", bringing the total to 12,729. Jahanpour told a televised news conference that more than 4,300 of those with confirmed infections had recovered so far.