Meanwhile, 63 new death cases were reported over the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 7,627.
Kianush Jahanpur, head of Public Relations and Information Center of the ministry, said a total of 112,988 patients have recovered from the infectious disease, while 2,543 are still in critical condition and under treatment.
So far, 876,492 lab tests for COVID-19 have been carried out in Iran, he noted.
Iran announced its first cases of COVID-19 on Feb. 19.
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