After 2,245 more people tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the number of infections has risen to 341,070 in the country.

There are at least 3,911 people in intensive care units, Lari said, adding that, of those tested positive for the virus, 295,630 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospital.

So far, more than 2,836,252 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 764,070 with 21,385,925 cases and more than 14,168,365 recoveries.

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