The foreign ministry of Iran said in a statement on Monday that as many as 505,945 doses of Covid-19 vaccine were injected in the country in the past 24 hours.

In the past 24 hours from Sunday until Monday, 2,706 new patients with Covid 19 were detected in the country, of which 442 were hospitalized, the statement added.

The total number of Covid 19 patients in the country reached 6,157,519 people. Fortunately, 5,975,404 patients have been recovered or discharged from hospitals so far, the health ministry added.

In the past 24 hours, 42 Covid patients lost 19 lives in Iran, bringing the total to 130,764.

This was the least daily death toll recorded in the country since the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic after 566 days.

So far, 58,778,763 people have received the first dose, 49,560,783 people the second dose and 2,745,192 people the third dose of anti-Coronavirus vaccine, and the total number of vaccines injected in the country has increased to 111, 084, 738 doses.