The Health Ministry’s spokeswoman said at a press conference on Sunday that 454 coronavirus patients have died across the country over the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 69,574.
Sima Sadat Lari said the total number of people tested positive for COVID-19 infection in Iran has exceeded 2,396,200 following the detection of 19,165 new cases since yesterday, adding that 3,019 new cases have been admitted to the hospital.
More than 1,877,500 patients have recovered from the coronavirus infection so far or have been discharged from hospitals across Iran, the spokeswoman added.
Among those undergoing treatment in medical centers at present, 5,206 coronavirus patients have critical health conditions because of more severe infection, Lari noted.
She also said more that more than 15.19 million coronavirus diagnostic tests have been carried out in Iran so far and 618,362 people have received the first dose of coronavirus vaccine.
The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world has surpassed 147 million and the death toll has exceeded 3.1 million.