Coronavirus: Iran disputes death toll in city of Qom – live updates
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Iran’s government dismissed claims the country’s death toll from the coronavirus could be as high as 50. Authorities vowed to be transparent after being accused of covering up the deadliest coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak outside China.
A fifth person infected with the coronavirus has died in Italy, the chief of the Civil Protection agency said on Monday, according to Reuters.
Italian media reported that the dead patient was 88 and came from the region of Lombardy. The four other people who have died of the illness were also elderly and at least three of them had been suffering serious underlying health problems
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