TEHRAN, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Iran on Wednesday reported 11,620 new COVID-19 cases, raising the country's total infections to 2,935,443.

An Iranian woman polishes a vehicle at Iran’s TUNEX fair for car tuning in northern Tehran on May 28, 2021. (File photo: AFP)

The pandemic has so far claimed 80,488 lives in Iran, up by 161 in the past 24 hours, the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education said.

A total of 2,494,108 people have recovered from the disease or been discharged from hospitals across the country, while 4,005 remain in intensive care units, according to the ministry.

By Wednesday, 3,912,879 people have received first dose of coronavirus vaccines in the country, while 530,117 both doses.

Iran reported the first cases of the disease in February 2020.