Tehran/Xinhua/UNI: Iran's confirmed coronavirus cases rose to 171,789 on Sunday after an overnight registration of 2,364 new infections, official IRNA news agency reported.
At his daily briefing, Kianush Jahanpur, head of Public Relations and Information Center of Iran's health ministry, said out of the new cases in the past 24 hours, 648 have been hospitalized.
The pandemic has so far claimed the lives of 8,281 Iranians, up by 72 in the past 24 hours.
Besides, 134,349 have recovered and been discharged from hospitals while 2,596 remain in critical condition.
According to Jahanpur, 1,084,857 lab tests for COVID-19 have been carried out in Iran as of Sunday.
Iran's health officials have urged the people to wear face masks in public places, particularly in the public transport vehicles as the country has started to restart businesses and social activities.
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