In a press briefing on Sunday, the Ministry’s spokeswoman Sima-Sadat Lari reported 5,960 new cases of COVID-19 infection, raising the total number of cases to 1,243,434.
So far, Lari added, 1,013,018 patients have recovered from the disease or been discharged from the hospital.
Lari said 5,960 patients are also in critical conditions caused by more severe infection.
The spokeswoman noted that 7,777,488 COVID-19 tests have been taken across the country so far.
She said currently the four cities of Sari, Amol, Ramsar and Northern Savadkooh are in the “red” zone, 43 cities are in the “orange zone” and 401 are in the “yellow zone” in terms of coronavirus outbreak.