With the 453 new victims, the country's total COVID-19 deaths mounted to 68,366, Health Ministry said.
Some 24,092 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours and 3,438 patients have been hospitalized, it added.
It noted that 1,823,958 patients out of a total of 2,335,905 infected people have recovered or been discharged from the hospitals.
Some 5,038 other COVID-19 patients are in critical conditions and being treated in intensive care units, it stated.
It added that 14,854,140 tests have so far been carried out in Iran.
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