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Iran Raises Death Toll To 54 From New Coronavirus
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Iran's Health Ministry raised on Sunday the nationwide death toll from the new coronavirus to 54 as the number of infected cases jumped overnight to 978 people.
The ministry's spokesman says new cases were confirmed in a number of cities, including Mashhad, which is home to Iran's most important Shiite shrine that attracts pilgrims from across the region.
Calls by Iran's civilian government to clerics to close such shrines to the public have not been uniformly followed.
Of the more than 1,100 cases in the Middle East, the majority trace back to the Islamic Republic.
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