DUBAI: Iran 's state-run IRNA news agency on Thursday reported that there are 22 people dead amid 141 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in the Islamic Republic.A graphic published on Thursday by the agency shows that the virus has spread to 20 of Iran's 31 provinces.The hardest-hit among them remained the province home to the holy Shiite city of Qom, with 63 confirmed cases.Experts fear Iran is under-reporting the number of cases of the new virus as cases across the wider Persian Gulf have emerged in recent days linked back to the Islamic Republic.