Iran's COVID-19 cases surpass 120,000

Iran on Sunday registered 1,806 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 120,198 since the outbreak in late February.

Meanwhile, 51 new fatalities were reported over the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 6,988, said Kianush Jahanpur, head of Public Relations and Information Center of the health ministry.

A total of 94,464 patients have recovered from the disease, while 2,705 are still in critical condition, he added.

So far, 686,935 lab tests for COVID-19 have been carried out in the country, the official noted.

Iran announced its first cases of COVID-19 on Feb. 19.