74 coronavirus patients lost their lives in the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 6,277 in the country.

1,223 new cases were confirmed with coronavirus, taking the number of confirmed cases to 98,647 in the country, according to Kianoush Jahanpour.

Some 2,676 patients are being treated in intensive care units at the moment.

Until now, 79,397 patients suffering from the novel coronavirus have recovered and been discharged from hospitals, Jahanpour added.

So far, 508,288 tests have been taken across the country to detect infected cases.