Iran Calls on People to Stay at Home as Death Toll Rises to 43

Deaths in Iran from coronavirus have hit 43, the highest number outside China, and the total number of infected people has risen to 593.

Iranian people wear protective masks to prevent spreading the coronavirus, in Tehran, Iran, on Feb. 29, 2020. (West Asia News Agency)/Nazanin Tabatabaee via Reuters)

DUBAI—Deaths in Iran from coronavirus have hit 43, the highest number outside China, and the total number of infected people has risen to 593, an Iranian health official said on Saturday.

As several countries in the Middle East reported cases of the coronavirus stemming from Iran, the country is at the epicenter of the outbreak in the region.