Iran reports 312 new deaths from coronavirus in the past 24 hours

312 more people have died of coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the number of deaths from the virus to 31,346.

There are at least 4,861 people in intensive care units, Lari said, adding that, of those tested positive for the virus, more than 438,709 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospital.

So far, more than 4,599,554 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 1,131,024 with 41,122,100 cases and more than 30,671,942 recoveries. (ILKHA)