Speaking at a daily press conference on Tuesday, Sima Sadat Lari said the total number of people tested positive for COVID-19 in Iran has risen to 539,670 following the detection of 5,039 new cases since Monday.

Of the new cases detected since yesterday, 2,254 patients have been admitted to the hospital, she added.

Among those undergoing treatment in medical centers at present, 4,810 coronavirus patients have critical health conditions because of more severe infection, Lari noted.

She further put the death toll from COVID-19 in Iran at 31,034, saying the disease has taken the lives of 322 patients over the past 24 hours.

At least 434,676 patients have recovered from the coronavirus infection so far or have been discharged from hospitals across Iran, the spokeswoman said.

Lari also noted that more than 4,570,000 coronavirus diagnostic tests have been carried out in Iran so far.

The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world has surpassed 40 million and the death toll has exceeded 1,120,000.

Speaking at a daily press conference on Thursday, Sima Sadat Lari said the total number of people tested positive for COVID-19 in Iran has risen to 461,044 following the detection of 3,825 new cases since Wednesday.

Of the new cases detected since yesterday, 1,925 patients have been admitted to the hospital, she added.

Among those undergoing treatment in medical centers at present, 4,121 coronavirus patients have critical health conditions because of more severe infection, Lari noted.

She further put the death toll from COVID-19 in Iran at 26,380, saying the disease has taken the lives of 211 patients over the past 24 hours.

At least 383,368 patients have recovered from the coronavirus infection so far or have been discharged from hospitals across Iran, the spokeswoman said.

Lari also noted that more than 4,043,000 coronavirus diagnostic tests have been carried out in Iran so far.

The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world has surpassed 34 million and the death toll has exceeded one million.

Speaking at a daily press conference on Monday, Health Ministry Spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said the number of people tested positive for COVID-19 across the country has risen to 449,960 after the detection of 3,512 new cases since yesterday.

Of the new cases detected over the past 24 hours, 1,514 patients have been admitted to the hospital, she added.

Among those undergoing treatment in medical centers at present, 4,068 coronavirus patients have critical health conditions, Lari noted.

The death toll from COVID-19 in Iran has reached 25,779, she said, noting that the disease has taken the lives of 190 patients over the past 24 hours.

At least 376,531 patients have recovered from the coronavirus infection so far or have been discharged from hospitals across Iran, the spokeswoman said.

Lari also noted that more than 3,959,000 coronavirus diagnostic tests have been carried out in Iran so far.

The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world has exceeded 33 million and the death toll has surpassed one million.

India on Saturday also reported another 1,201 deaths, taking total fatalities to 77,472.

Infections are growing faster in India than anywhere else in the world and it is the second worst-hit country behind the United States. Experts say India’s limited and restrictive testing has masked the actual toll even as daily tests have been ramped up to more than 1 million.

The Health Ministry said that over three-fourth of reported COVID-19 cases had either recovered or been discharged. The country’s recovery rate was at 77.7 percent.

“The gap between the percentage of recovered cases and active cases is progressively growing wide,” the ministry said, AP reported.

Meanwhile, cases in the western state of Maharashtra, home to financial capital Mumbai, have passed 1 million as the virus continues to surge unabated through its rural and urban areas.

Maharashtra is the worst affected state with more than 28,000 COVID-19 fatalities. Nowhere has been the virus more deadly than in Maharashtra, where it has killed 2.8 percent of those with confirmed infections, well above the national mortality rate of nearly 1.7 percent.

The pandemic has been economically devastating for India. Its economy contracted nearly 24 percent in the second quarter, the worst among the world’s top economies.

Speaking at a press conference on, Health Ministry Spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari put the death toll from COVID-19 in Iran at 22,542, saying the disease has taken the lives of 132 patients over the past 24 hours.

She said the total number of people tested positive for COVID-19 in the country has risen to 391,112 following the detection of 2,302 new cases since yesterday.

Of the new cases detected since Monday, 1,226 patients have been admitted to the hospital, she added.

At least 337,414 patients have recovered from the coronavirus infection so far or have been discharged from hospitals across Iran, the spokeswoman said.

Among those undergoing treatment in medical centers at present, 3,713 coronavirus patients have critical health conditions because of more severe infection, Lari noted.

She further said more than 3,431,000 coronavirus diagnostic tests have been carried out in Iran so far.

The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world has surpassed 27.5 million and the death toll is close to 897,000.

Speaking at a daily press conference on Sunday, Health Ministry Spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said the number of people tested positive for COVID-19 across the country has risen to 358,905 after the detection of 2,113 new cases since yesterday.

Of the new cases detected over the past 24 hours, 882 patients have been admitted to the hospital, she added.

Among those undergoing treatment in medical centers at present, 3,841 coronavirus patients have critical health conditions, Lari noted.

The death toll from COVID-19 in Iran has reached 20,643, she said, noting that the disease has taken the lives of 141 patients over the past 24 hours.

At least 309,464 patients have recovered from the coronavirus infection so far or have been discharged from hospitals across Iran, the spokeswoman said.

Lari also noted that more than 3,036,700 coronavirus diagnostic tests have been carried out in Iran so far.

The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world has exceeded 23.4 million and the death toll has surpassed 809,000.