Iran death toll from coronavirus outbreak reaches 3,739: health ministry

FILE PHOTO: A view of beds at a shopping mall, one of Iran's largest, which has been turned into a centre to receive patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Tehran, Iran, April 4, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Ali Khara via REUTERS

The death toll in Iran from the coronavirus outbreak has reached 3,739, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said on state TV on Monday.

The total number of people infected by coranavirus in the country has reached 60,500, he said.

(Reporting By Babak Dehghanpisheh; Editing by Hugh Lawson)