Speaking at a daily press conference on Sunday, Sima Sadat Lari said the total number of people tested positive for COVID-19 in Iran has risen to 446,448 following the detection of 3,362 new cases since Saturday.

Of the new cases detected since yesterday, 1,377 patients have been admitted to the hospital, she added.

Among those undergoing treatment in medical centers at present, 4,059 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 25,589, saying the disease has taken the lives of 195 patients over the past 24 hours.

At least 374,170 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 3,932,000 coronavirus diagnostic tests have been carried out in Iran so far.

The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world has surpassed 33 million and the death toll has exceeded 999,000.