Iran has reported a record 13,053 new coronavirus infections and 486 deaths over the last 24 hours, the health ministry, as the government said it would impose stricter restrictions to curb the pandemic in the Middle East's worst-affected country, Reuters reported.

Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari told state TV that the total number of infected cases had reached 775,121, while the country's total fatalities had increased to 41,979.