After 8,772 more people tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the number of infections has risen to 654,936 in the country.

There are at least 5,472 people in intensive care units, Lari said, adding that, of those tested positive for the virus, at least 505,000patients have recovered and been discharged from hospital.

So far, more than 5,110,752 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 1,232,791 with 48,539,872 cases and more than 34,777,440 recoveries. (ILKHA)