The Covid-19 outbreak in sanctions-hit Iran is one of the deadliest for any country outside China, where the disease originated. Rouhani's government reported another 147 deaths - a record high for a single day in the month since it announced the emergence of the disease. The virus has now killed 1,135 people in Iran out of 17,361 cases of infection based on official figures. The unnamed woman had been hospitalised in the central city of Semnan for about a week. But she was "discharged after making a complete recovery", Semnan University of Medical Sciences head Navid Danayi was quoted as saying.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 18, 2020 15:45 UTC