BFF-23 Iran reports 113 new virus deaths, raising total to 724

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Iran reports 113 new virus deaths, raising total to 724

TEHRAN, March 15, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Iran announced on Sunday that the new
coronavirus has killed 113 more people, the highest single-day death toll yet
in one of the world’s worst-affected countries.

People “should cancel all travel and stay at home so that we may see the
situation improving in the coming days,” health ministry spokesman Kianoush
Jahanpour said in a televised conference.

BSS/AFP/FI/ 1657 hrs