Coronavirus live updates: WHO calls Iran and Italy cases ‘deeply concerning,’ Goldman cuts GDP forecast

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Italy and Iran latest countries to see rise in coronavirus cases

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Total confirmed cases: More than 79,400
Total deaths: At least 2,621

1 pm: Experts warn about the reliability of thermometers

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12:50 pm: Iran confirms 12 deaths

Twelve people have died and 61 have been infected with the coronavirus in Iran, Tehran’s health ministry said. However, a member of parliament said 50 people had died in the city of Qom, 75 miles south of the capital Tehran, alone in the past two weeks from the coronavirus. Meanwhile more than 10,000 drug addicts have been quarantined in treatment centers in Tehran province to guard against the coronavirus, state-run IRNA news…

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