The health ministry spokeswoman said that with the 175 new deaths, the country's total COVID-19 death toll mounted to 53,448.
Some 6,421 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, some 822 of whom have been hospitalized, Sadat Lari said.
She said that a total of 1,152,072 Iranians have been confirmed infected with the COVID-19, some 875,943 of whom have recovered or been discharged from the hospitals.
Some 5,591 other COVID-19 patients are in critical conditions and are being treated in intensive care units, the spokeswoman said.
She added that 6,995,726 tests have so far been carried out in Iran.