After 2,247 more people tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the number of infections has risen to 345,450 in the country.

There are at least 3,773 people in intensive care units, Lari said, adding that, of those tested positive for the virus, 299,157 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospital.

So far, more than 2,887,938 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 773,500 with 21,852,024 cases and more than 14,575,618 recoveries.

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