After 7,390 more people tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the number of infections has risen to 1,518,263 in the country.

There are at least 3,709 people in intensive care units, Lari said, adding that, of those tested positive for the virus, about 1,3 million patients have been discharged from hospital after being cured.

So far, more than 10 million 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 2,406,571 with 109,156,020 cases and more than 81,202,261 recoveries.