Iran updates: 18 deaths reported (unconfirmed)
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Al Arabiya, citing unidentified sources, says at least 18 people in Iran are believed to have died of coronavirus. The official death toll is still 5.
https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1231493971320459265
Schools are closed in Tehran per Lookner
Japan
Twenty-six new cases of coronavirus were reported in Japan on Saturday.
In Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo, a family of four tested positive.
A teacher at a junior high school in Chiba, also near Tokyo, tested positive. Local authorities say the school will stay closed until next Wednesday.
The total number of infections in Japan is now 769. That figure includes 634 cases from the Diamond Princess cruise ship.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200223_05/