Iran has reported 483 new deaths from coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the number of deaths from the virus to 45,738, the Health Ministry Spokeswoman Sima Lari said in her daily press conference on Tuesday.
After 13,721 more people tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the number of infections has risen to 880,542 in the country.
There are at least 5,824 people in intensive care units, Lari said, adding that, of those tested positive for the virus, more than 617,715 patients have been discharged from hospital after being cured.
So far, more than 5,871,098 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 1,404,689 with 59,649,165 cases and more than 41,275,169 recoveries. (ILKHA)
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