Some 7,593 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were identified over the past 24 hours, 748 of whom were hospitalized, Lari said.
She noted that 1,492,488 patients out of a total of 1,746,953 infected people have recovered or been discharged from the hospitals.
Some 3,831 other COVID-19 patients are in critical condition and being treated in intensive care units, the spokeswoman said.
Since its outbreak, the COVID-19 pandemic has infected nearly 119.8 million people across the world, of whom over 2,653,000 people have lost their lives.
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