During the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, Iran reported its first confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 infections on 19 February 2020 in Qom.[2] As of 12 March 2020[update], according to Iranian health authorities, there had been 429 COVID-19 deaths in Iran with more than 10,000 confirmed infections.[3][4][5] As of the same date, Iran has the third highest number of COVID-19 deaths after Mainland China and Italy, the highest in Western Asia and the third-highest number of SARS-CoV-2 cases, surpassed only by Mainland China and Italy.