Iran reports 123 coronavirus deaths today, death toll at 1,556

Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said 966 more cases have been confirmed over the past 24 hours.

Iran said Saturday that 123 more people had died from coronavirus, raising the official death toll to 1,556 in the Islamic republic, one of the world’s worst affected countries.

A pedestrian wears a protective face mask while waiting for a bus in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday, March 15, 2020. (Bloomberg file photo)

Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said 966 more cases have been confirmed over the past 24 hours and 20,610 people are now known to have been infected in Iran.