75 coronavirus patients lost their lives in the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 8,659, she added.

There are at least 2,739 people in intensive care, Lari said, adding that, of those tested positive for the virus, 144,649 have recovered and been discharged from hospital.

So far, 1,196,947 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 424,472 with 7,630,788 cases and more than 3,863,809 recoveries.

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