In her press briefing on Monday, Sima-Sadat Lari confirmed 2,613 new cases of COVID-19 infection, raising the total number of infections to 243,051.
According to the spokeswoman, 204,083 patients have so far recovered from COVID-19, but 3,201 are still in severe conditions of the disease.
She said so far 1,820,003 COVID-19 tests have been taken across the country.
Lari added that Khuzestan, Kurdistan, East Azarbaijan, West Azarbaijan, Ilam, Hormozgan, Bushehr, Khorasan Razavi, and Kermanshah provinces are considered as red zones.
