A volunteer disinfects a car on a street in Tehran, Iran, March 31, 2020. (File photo: Xinhua)

Cairo (People’s Daily) - Iran had 1,556 new infections of COVID-19 and 55 new deaths during the past 24 hours, Iran's health ministry spokesman said on Friday.

The number of confirmed cases has risen to 104,691 with the number of deaths at 6,541 , and 83,837 people have recovered.