Ex Iranian MP dies of novel coronavirus

Mohammad Reza Rahchamani, a former Iranian lawmaker, died of novel coronavirus on Monday, Tehran Times daily reported.

Rahchamani, 64 and a reformist politician, died at the Masih Daneshvari Hospital.

Fatemeh Rahbar, a conservative female politician recently elected for the next parliament, also died of the illness on Saturday.

Since Feb. 19 when Iran announced the first cases of novel coronavirus infections in the country, at least 10 Iranian officials have died out of infection with COVID-19.

Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education on Monday announced that the outbreak of novel coronavirus in Iran has affected 7,161 people, out of whom 237 have died.