Iran MP dies from coronavirus as total toll spikes

Fatemeh Rahbar, who was recently re-elected as a member of Iran's parliament, has died from the new coronavirus, according to Tasnim news agency.
The semi-official news agency said Rahbar, 55, had spent two days in a coma in a hospital in the capital, Tehran.
Over the past 24 hours, Iran has registered 21 more deaths due to the coronavirus, bringing the total to 145.
A health ministry official said the people testing positive for the virus had risen to 5,823.

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