After 195 more people have lost their lives due to the virus in the past 24 hours, the number of deaths from the infection has risen to 15,484 in the country.

There are at least 3,670 people in intensive care units, Lari said, adding that, of those tested positive for the virus, more than 251,319 patients have been discharged from hospital after being cured.

So far, more than 2,300,000 tests have been taken across the country to detect infected cases, said the Health Ministry spokeswoman.

According to Worldometer, which is a reference website that provides counters and real-time statistics for diverse topics, the global death toll from coronavirus has surpassed 643,412 with 15,971,347 cases and more than 9,764,591 recoveries.

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