TEHRAN, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Iran's daily COVID-19 cases on Monday surpassed 1,000 for the first time since April 27, according to the Iranian Health Ministry's website.
A total of 1,007 new COVID-19 cases were found over the past 24 hours, 122 of whom were hospitalized.
Over the past few weeks, daily infections in the country hardly exceeded 200, with some days dropping to less than 100.
The total number of identified COVID-19 cases in Iran since the outbreak in late February 2020 has reached 7,240,564, and the total death toll stands at 141,404, said the ministry.
Iranian experts warn that two fast-spreading sub-variants of Omicron will become the prevailing strains in the country in the coming weeks.
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