Iran coronavirus death toll nears 1,000

The coronavirus Covid-19 Death toll in Iran nears 1,000, with at least 16,000 confirmed cases. Unnecessary travel has been prohibited in the country as an effort to decrease Covid-19 cases.

Iran has temporarily freed thousands of additional prisoners, including political prisoners, in an attempt to reduce pressure on its prisons system as the country struggles to contain the spread of coronavirus.

The death toll in Iran from the new Covid-19 coronavirus has reached 988 out of total 16,169 infections.

Read more details here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/coronavirus-pandemic-kill-millions-iran-200317135500255.html

Interesting Detailed Maps: Confirmed Cases by Country/Region:

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

Confirmed Cases by Country/Region: (March 18, 2020):

81,086 China
31,506 Italy
16,169 Iran
11,826 Spain
9,360 Germany
8,413 Korea, South
7,695 France
6,496 US
2,700 Switzerland
1,960 United Kingdom
1,710 Netherlands
1,471 Norway
1,332 Austria
1,243 Belgium
1,196 Sweden
1,024 Denmark
882 Japan
696 Cruise Ship
673 Malaysia
596 Canada
452 Australia
448 Portugal
442 Qatar
434 Czechia
387 Greece
337 Israel
321 Finland
321 Brazil
292 Ireland
275 Slovenia
266 Singapore
247 Iceland
242 Bahrain
238 Poland
237 Pakistan
225 Estonia
217 Romania
201 Chile
196 Egypt
187 Philippines
177 Thailand
172 Indonesia
171 Saudi Arabia
154 Iraq
142 India
140 Luxembourg
130 Kuwait
120 Lebanon
119 San Marino
117 Peru
114 Russia
113 United Arab Emirates
111 Ecuador
100 Taiwan*
98 Turkey
97 Slovakia
85 South Africa
82 Mexico
81 Bulgaria
79 Argentina
78 Armenia
72 Serbia
69 Panama
69 Croatia
66 Vietnam
65 Colombia
60 Algeria
60 Latvia
56 Brunei
55 Albania
50 Hungary
50 Costa Rica
49 Cyprus
44 Morocco
44 Sri Lanka
40 Jordan
39 Andorra
38 Malta
36 Belarus
34 Bosnia and Herzegovina
34 Georgia
33 Cambodia
33 Venezuela
33 Kazakhstan
31 North Macedonia
30 Moldova
29 Uruguay
28 Azerbaijan
26 Senegal
25 Lithuania
24 Oman
24 Tunisia
22 Afghanistan
21 Dominican Republic
20 New Zealand
19 Liechtenstein
16 Martinique
15 Burkina Faso
14 Ukraine
13 Maldives
12 Jamaica
11 Bolivia
11 French Guiana
11 Uzbekistan
10 Cameroon
10 Bangladesh
9 Reunion
9 Paraguay
8 Honduras
7 Monaco
7 Rwanda
7 Ghana
7 Guyana
6 Guatemala
5 Ethiopia
5 Guam
5 Mongolia
5 Cuba
5 Cote d'Ivoire
5 Trinidad and Tobago
4 Seychelles
3 Aruba
3 Kenya
3 Nigeria
3 Congo (Kinshasa)
3 Kyrgyzstan
3 Mayotte
3 Equatorial Guinea
2 Liberia
2 Saint Lucia
2 Montenegro
2 Namibia
2 Kosovo
2 Barbados
1 The Gambia
1 Guinea
1 Tanzania
1 Gabon
1 Greenland
1 Congo (Brazzaville)
1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1 Somalia
1 Benin
1 Togo
1 Central African Republic
1 The Bahamas
1 Antigua and Barbuda
1 Eswatini
1 Bhutan
1 Sudan
1 Nepal
1 Suriname
1 Holy See
1 Gambia
1 Mauritania

Here is what the Iran coronavirus cases map situation looked like on March 5, 2020:

Below: examples of different Viruses that exist in the world: