Iran's death toll from coronavirus rises to 41,9179

After 13,053 more people tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the number of infections has risen to 775,121 in the country.

There are at least 5,677 people in intensive care units, Lari said, adding that, of those tested positive for the virus, more than 565,699 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospital.

So far, more than 5,545,444 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 1,326,305 with 54,939,609 cases and more than 38,218,443 recoveries. (ILKHA)