After 2,152 more people tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the number of infections has risen to 388,810 in the country.

There are at least 3,733 people in intensive care units, Lari said, adding that, of those tested positive for the virus, 335,000 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospital.

So far, more than 3,406,055 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 893,501 with 27,315,763 cases and more than 19,385,123 recoveries.

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