Cairo (People’s Daily) - Iran had 3,134 new coronavirus infections and 70 new deaths during the past 24 hours, Iran's health ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.

An Iranian woman gets off a taxi in the capital Tehran's central Valiasr Square on June 2, 2020 during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (Photo: AFP)

The number of confirmed cases has risen to 160,696 with the number of deaths at 8,012, and 125,206 people have recovered.