After 8,270 more people tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the number of infections has risen to 1,598,875 in the country.

There are at least 3,705 people in intensive care units, Lari said, adding that, of those tested positive for the virus, more than 1,365,253 patients have been discharged from hospital after being cured.

So far, more than 10,616,717 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 2,498,489 with 112,738,960 cases and more than 88,308,713 recoveries.