Tehran, Jan 5 (UNI/Xinhua) Iran's Health Ministry on Wednesday reported 1,171 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country's total infections to 6,201,467.
The pandemic also claimed 42 lives in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 131,778, said an update by Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education.
A total of 6,045,890 people have recovered from the disease or been discharged from hospitals across the country, while 2,352 remain in intensive care units, according to the ministry.