Sima Sadat Lari said that, with the 174 new victims, the country’s total COVID-19 deaths mounted to 19,162.
Some 2,625 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, some 1,246 of whom have been hospitalized, she added.
Sadat Lari noted that a total of 336,324 Iranians have been confirmed infected with the COVID-19, some 292,058 of whom have recovered and were discharged from hospital.
Some 3,971 other COVID-19 patients are in critical condition and being treated in intensive care units, the spokeswoman said.
She added that 2,788,027 tests have so far been carried out in Iran.
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