A six-year old child died Tuesday in Iran\u2019s North Khorasan province due to the novel coronavirus, according to North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the university said 189 cases were detected in the province, 19 patients of whom had died.<\/p>\n
A total of 99 people, who had been treated from the virus, were discharged from hospitals in the province, it said.<\/p>\n
According to Iran’s Health Ministry, the average age of people who died from coronavirus was 67.<\/p>\n
Previously, a 3-year-old toddler with leukemia had lost his life to the disease.<\/p>\n
Although elderly people are at higher risk for severe illness, doctors warn that the disease can lead to fatal consequences also to children and young people with weakened immune systems.<\/p>\n
Health authorities in Iran said 127 people have died from coronavirus over the past 24 hours, pushing the death toll up to 1,812. A total of 1,411 new virus cases were detected, raising the country’s infections to 23,049.<\/p>\n
The virus first emerged in Wuhan, China last December and has spread to at least 168 countries and territories. The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak a pandemic.<\/p>\n
There are more than 381,620 confirmed cases worldwide and the death toll now tops 16,563, while over 101,800 people have recovered, according to U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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