Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Health Ministry Spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari put the death toll from COVID-19 in Iran at 55,223, saying the disease has taken the lives of 128 patients over the past 24 hours.
She said the total number of people tested positive for COVID-19 in the country has exceeded 1,225,000 following the detection of 6,390 new cases since yesterday.
Of the new cases detected since Wednesday, 702 patients have been admitted to the hospital, she added.
At least 988,838 patients have recovered from the coronavirus infection so far or have been discharged from hospitals across Iran, the spokeswoman said.
Among those undergoing treatment in medical centers at present, 5,039 coronavirus patients have critical health conditions because of more severe infection, Lari noted.
She further said more than 7,620,000 coronavirus diagnostic tests have been carried out in Iran so far.
The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world has surpassed 83 million and the death toll is over 1.81 million.