Iran’s new Covid cases hit four-month high

TEHRAN: Iran’s daily new Covid-19 infections reached a four-month high on Monday, said the health ministry, as the capital Tehran was put on the highest virus risk level.
In the past 24 hours, 13,890 new cases were confirmed across the country, ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said in televised remarks.
It is the highest number of daily infections since December 4 and close to the peak of 14,051 positive cases recorded on November 28.