Iran reports 125 new deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours

After 2,213 more people tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the number of infections has risen to 363,363 in the country.

There are at least 3,839 people in intensive care units, Lari said, adding that, of those tested positive for the virus, 313,058 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospital.

So far, more than 3,088,313 tests have been taken across the country to detect infected cases, said the Health Ministry spokeswoman.

Lari also urged people to continue the implementation of health guidelines in order to contain the spread of the pandemic in the country.

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 817,627 with 23,838,303 cases and more than 16,380,917 recoveries. (ILKHA)