81 coronavirus patients lost their lives in the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 8,506, she added.

There are at least 2,639 people in intensive care, Lari said, adding that, of those tested positive for the virus, 140,590 have recovered and been discharged from hospital.

So far, 1,151,032 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 414,147 with 7,344,345 cases and more than 3,621,452 recoveries. (ILKHA)