Iran’s coronavirus death toll rises to 59,483

After 7,931 more people tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the number of infections has risen to 1,574,012 in the country.

There are at least 3,689 people in intensive care units, Lari said, adding that, of those tested positive for the virus, more than 1,344,791 patients have been discharged from hospital after being cured.

So far, more than 10,444,695 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 2,473,687 with 111,724,303 cases and more than 86,896,396 recoveries. (ILKHA)