457 more people have died from coronavirus over the past 24 hours in the country, bringing the number of deaths from the virus to 40,121.

There are at least 5,614 people in intensive care units, Lari said, adding that, of those tested positive for the virus, more than 541,566 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospital.

So far, more than 5,384,988 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 1,291,851 with 52,569,550 cases and more than 36,767,109 recoveries.