{"id":214625,"date":"2020-03-23T08:21:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T08:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=214625"},"modified":"2023-04-15T00:14:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T23:14:36","slug":"latest-news-in-brief-march-23-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/latest-news-in-brief-march-23-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News in Brief – March 23, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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March 23, 2020: Latest News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n

UPDATE: 7:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over 10,500 people across 212 cities in Iran dead of coronavirus
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per Iranian opposition PMOI\/MEK<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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The PMOI\/MEK announced this afternoon<\/a>, Monday, March 23, 2020, that the number of Coronavirus victims in 212 cities has surged by more than 10,500. The number of victims in Isfahan has exceeded 600 and in Kashan it has exceeded 500, with at least 1262 in the whole Isfahan province. So far 872 people have been dead in Khorasan Razavi, 83 in Zanjan, 160 in Ardabil, 536 in Golestan, 369 in Khuzestan, 41 in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad, and 40 in Semnan.<\/p>\n

Many people who were discharged from hospital died at home within a week, according to doctors in Gilan, but their numbers are not among the dead.<\/p>\n

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More than 10,500 people have died of #coronavirus<\/a> in 212 cities across all of Iran\u2019s 31 provinces as of Monday afternoon local time, March 23, according to the Iranian opposition People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK). #COVID\u30fc19<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/fnatlMbjGp<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) March 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n