The country has vaccinated some 60 percent of its population of roughly 85 million people with two doses of coronavirus vaccines, but officials have urged people to get their third dose as soon as possible, reports Al Jazeera.

On Sunday Iran's Health Ministry reported 1,968 new Covid 19 cases, taking the country's total infections to 6,170,979.

The pandemic also claimed 50 lives in the past 24 hours, taking the overall tally to 131,083, said the update by the Iranian ministry.

A total of 6,004,277 people have recovered from the disease or been discharged from hospitals across the country, while 2,876 remain in intensive care units, according to the ministry.

By Sunday, 59,126,764 Iranians have received their first doses of Covid 19 vaccines, and 50,340,978 of them have taken two jabs. Meanwhile, 3,772,199 people in the country have received the third dose of the vaccine.