<span style="color: #313131;">Iran on Tuesday said that the novel coronavirus has killed 54 more people, raising the death toll to 291. Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour made the announcement in a televised news conference. Around 8,042 coronavirus cases have been reported in the Islamic Republic so far.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #313131;">  </span><br />'' <span style="color: #313131;">Iran is the hardest-hit country in the West Asia by the new coronavirus. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #313131;">  </span><br />'' <span style="color: #313131;">Worldwide, there are over 1,10,000 confirmed cases of the new virus, with more than 3,800 deaths attributed to it. The number of people who have recovered is about 62,000</span>