In her press briefing on Tuesday, Sima-Sadat Lari confirmed 2,457 new cases of COVID-19 infection, increasing the total number of infections to 227,662.
According to the spokeswoman, 188,758 patients have so far recovered from COVID-19, but 3,049 are still in severe conditions of the disease.
She said so far 1,666,587 COVID-19 tests have been taken across the country.
According to Lari, Khuzestan, Kurdistan, East and West Azarbaijan, Hormozgan, Bushehr, Khorasan Razavi, and Kermanshah provinces are considered as red zones.
