After 13,223 more people tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the number of infections has risen to 815,117 in the country.

There are at least 5,729 people in intensive care units, Lari said, adding that, of those tested positive for the virus, more than 583,704 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospital.

So far, more than 5,6 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 1,357,300 with 56,690,343 cases and more than 39,479,004 recoveries.