Dubai: Iran has allowed some businesses in the capital Tehran to reopen as the country's daily death toll from the new coronavirus fell to 73, its lowest in more than a month.

So-called low-risk businesses - including many shops, factories and workshops - resumed operations in Tehran on Saturday, a week after reopening in the rest of the country, state television said.

A cyclist rides past a group of people selling hand sanitiser in Tajrish square in northern Tehran, Iran. Credit:AP

Television footage showed health inspectors visiting shops and reminding a baker that he was required to wear a mask despite working near a hot oven. Others inspectors were seen controlling stores where employees handed out gloves to customers.

The reopening, announced earlier this month, came as official figures showed daily deaths from the new coronavirus fell to 73 on Saturday, the lowest since March 12.