Iran’s daily COVID-19 caseload crossed the 37,000 marks for the first time on Monday, the health ministry said, as the Islamic republic also recorded its highest daily fatalities in three months.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media that in the past 24 hours, Iran registered a record 37,189 positive cases, bringing the total number of infections since the start of the pandemic to 3,940,708.

The record caseload is Iran’s fourth in two weeks as positive cases surge in what the authorities say is the country’s “fifth wave” of the virus.