TEHRAN, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Health Ministry on Monday reported 1,967 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country's total infections to 6,186,729.
The pandemic also claimed 34 lives in the past 24 hours, taking the overall tally since its outbreak in February 2020 to 131,434, said the update by the Iranian ministry.
A total of 6,028,495 people have recovered from the disease or been discharged from hospitals across the country, while 2,766 remain in intensive care units, according to the ministry.
By Monday, 59,592,770 Iranians have received their first doses of COVID-19 vaccines, and 51,402,858 of them have taken two jabs. Meanwhile, 6,344,796 people in the country have received the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The report added that 41,592,984 tests have so far been carried out across the country.
Earlier on the day, the Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said that "I hope with good observance of the protocols, there will be no need to impose new restrictions, but if the Omicron variant spreads, we may have to impose new restrictions."
On Saturday, Iran's national anti-coronavirus headquarter and the Interior Ministry announced that Iran's land borders with the neighboring countries have been closed for 15 days from Dec. 25 to prevent the spread of Omicron in the country. Enditem
