Sadat Lari said that, with the 223 new victims, the country's total COVID-19 deaths mounted to 52,670.
Some 7,704 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, some 1,299 of whom have been hospitalized, she added.
Sadat Lari noted that a total of 1,123,474 Iranians have been confirmed infected with the COVID-19, 833,276 of whom have recovered or discharged from hospital.
Some 5,704 other COVID-19 patients are in critical condition and being treated in intensive care units, the spokeswoman said.
She added that 6,797,469 tests have so far been carried out in Iran.
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